Air passengers rail against allowing mobile-phone calls on planes

Flying the airlines is bad enough now. Who wants to be trapped next to a "yapper" for hours???? Not me! Air rage incidents would be sure to increase if cell phones will be allowed for voice communication. Maybe limit to texting only???

I would favor allowing texting, but no voice communications. That would seem to be a reasonable compromise.

No way. Peace and quiet are almost the only things personal left when flying. Intrusive blather by strangers is a horrible idea IMO

I concur with the previous comments concerning using your cell phone during commercial airline flights.... NO cell phone use should be allowed "period"

this again?? no no no -- someone yells in my ear... I start talking loud to drown them out... the result?
not good for anyone

Hopefully as the main carriers upgrade their WiFi to satellite-based systems, they still won't have the capacity to handle satellite based calls......but if enough people figure out how to do it and it works.....look out.

The flying public is not well behaved enough these days to trust that they'll be courteous with any use of cellphones for voice communication.

Everybody in the US may be against it but those that lobby have the money in hand, so, as aways, we are screwed.

They should have a section reserved for people who want to talk on their phones during the flight without disturbing other passengers. They can ride with their checked bags on the lower deck.

For God's sake.... leave the plane in I can't talk on a plane status. Those of us who don't want to listen to hours of yapping might get to sleep.

I agree, people have become so inconsiderate with their phone conversations. Everyone I know prefers to tweet or text anyway.
Now, if we can only do something about the screaming kids!

Spoiled with their technology and a lack of any concern or empathy for their fellow travelers.
So many of the problems in the world these days can be summed up in one word, SELFISHNESS.

Keep them banned.

A Lady "Chatterly" talking trash in a chihuahua voiced soprano next to me at FL390 for just a few minutes would certainly land me in jail.

I'm not a fan but slap on the Bose, crank up the tunes and most of it goes away. Sit next to a person sweating beer, B.O. and flatulence and there is no cure....

Still not a fan of phone use while inflight from time to time I've had bleed over from phone calls on the ground through the radios and sometimes over the intercom.

No cell calls. Text only. Heavy fines for those who won't follow the rules, But I use noise cancelling head phones so it's not a big issue personally.

Sample Conversation. Hey Joe, this is Tom, can you find me one of the Cute Girls, I will be landing soon. I need to talk to someone for a few Hours at my Hotel Booking. Joe checks his Black Book and comes back on the phone line.Joe says all the Cute Girls are Booked up , but I can Find a couple of Good looking Dudes if you want to have them available.Must be a bad connection. Tom has a Problem on Hand. No to phone calls in Flight

Have any of you stopped to think that you can't get cell service at 30,000 ft????? Problem solved. You couldn't call if you wanted to!!!! Is this world out of common sense??

Pretty funny when major airlines had phones available for use for years if you whip out a credit card to swipe on the side of the handset to pay the high fees for a sat phone call. Phones were right on the back of the seat in front of you. But now with it evidently being more affordable just whip up some high strung ones and you get the fray of comments. Could you guys work on armies of the world to ban guns and artillery shells? It was so distasteful while having enjoyable days in beautiful deserts. It was especially distasteful when the guy next to me would blast my ears with anything from .556 to .50cal.

Let them use the cell phone. You can already be stuck next to Chatty Cathy so what difference does it make? At least she would be on her phone and not bothering the people next to her. Screaming kids and kids in the aisles are a bigger problem.

With on-board WiFi you already have the ability to text, use Facebook, etc. which is annoying enough with all of the notification sounds, etc. Email is fine, but adding to this voice communications! No, I remember when there were phones on planes and even with the expense there were people who insisted on talking the whole flight. Plus as a business traveler, it is kind of nice to have the flight time as a small amount of downtime and not being expected to be able to dial into meetings, etc.