What a bunch of whining pansy asswipes.

Personally, I think this should be left to the airlines to decide. Things shouldn't be made illegal just because they're annoying.

That said, I would exclusively patronize those airlines that did ban cell phone use.

Thank god our government is getting involved to further erode the rights of airlines to decide what is appropiate on their flights.

Skail: I would exclusively patronize those airlines that did ban cell phone use.

So would I, unless there was an airline that banned children, too.

Skail: That said, I would exclusively patronize those airlines that did ban cell phone use allow us to eviscerate obnoxious travelers even if a cellphone isn't involved.


ftfm

It's a shame that congress had to get involved instead of people proactively just being considerate of others. One time I had a flight from LA to South Bend, but when I got to chicago, the weather was so bad my flight was cancelled. My options were to stay in a hotel or take a 4 hour bus ride. I decided to take the bus and I couldn't believe just how annoyingly bad it was. Phones kept ringing every 5 or 6 minutes. At one point, this woman was talking to someone about her cat for about 10 miuntes then it devolved into something like "can you hear me? hello? for another 5, then she hung up and whoever it was she had been talking to called her back, and she kept talking about her cat. Things generally went on like that for pretty much the whole bus trip. A bus is a miserable way to travel, but at least it stops every now and then and sometimes you can even open a window or sneak a cigarette in the bathroom. I couldn't imagine what allowing phone calls on an airplane would be like, or the stabbings that would ensue.

There will be a cell phone seating section.

Shouldn't Congress be working on stuff like, I dunno, INFRASTRUCTURE?

Alternatively:

If congress MUST get involved in the airline industry...where's my passengers' bill of rights? I would totally freak out if they tried to keep me on a plane for hours on end - regardless of whether or not there was food, water, fresh air, etc. Isn't that considered false imprisonment or kidnapping or something?

Yeah, screaming kids and cell phones on planes are right up there with root canals and ingrown toenail removal.

All passengers are instructed to leave their cell phone in the TSA agent closest to the boarding platform. On arrival at your destination, reach into the nearest TSA agent, extract a cell phone, and proceed to the washing and sterlizing station.

...because of all the problems faced by air travelers these days this is the most pressing concern.

And stop it with the silly bureaucratic acronym law names, already. When you Orwellian phukkheads did the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism" Act, you blew your last chance.

The passengers of United 93 do not approve.

So this means we can't call to say, umm, the plane's being hijacked?.

There's a US Constitution and it is supposed to place limits on what the government can do - unless you blatantly ignore it.

DarthBrooks

Shouldn't Congress be working on stuff like, I dunno, INFRASTRUCTURE?

Election year my friend, pointless issues are hot, no actual work or decision making involved.

This is just so they can charge you for per flight for internet service (and VOIP phone calls), thereby eliminating the free market so that they can control prices.

Last time I was on a plane the was a phone in the seat-back in front of ever person. This is just a scam to get people to have to pay for using the airline phones.

Isn't this the same Fark where everyone tells stories about why they hate people waiting in line (or at the grocery store, or in a bus) talking on their cellphones and they want to use a signal jammer slash jam the phone up their ass internet tough guy yada yada.

Now all of a sudden everyone shiats their pants.

cyberworm: I couldn't imagine what allowing phone calls on an airplane would be like, or the stabbings that would ensue.


I totally agree. This is not a business issue but a public safety issue.

Grandmaster Poopypants: Skail: I would exclusively patronize those airlines that did ban cell phone use.

So would I, unless there was an airline that banned children, too.

THIS

fernanernie: DarthBrooks

Shouldn't Congress be working on stuff like, I dunno, INFRASTRUCTURE?

Election year my friend, pointless issues are hot, no actual work or decision making involved.

how is that different from any other day with congress?

Grandmaster Poopypants: Skail: I would exclusively patronize those airlines that did ban cell phone use.

So would I, unless there was an airline that banned children, too.

Lots of people say things like that, and you two may actually mean it, but statistically what people really mean is that they'd take the cheapest flight on Travelocity, even if it meant standing up and using a strap, subway style, in shait up to their knees and the flight left at 4:15 AM. Unfortunately, there's a reason airlines are in a race to the bottom, and it's not that people entered the airline industry because dentistry had become too pain-free.

machodonkeywrestler: This is just so they can charge you for per flight for internet service (and VOIP phone calls), thereby eliminating the free market so that they can control prices.

The stuff I've read has said this would ban all in-flight phone usage, even the airline's own pay service.

CygnusDarius: So this means we can't call to say, umm, the plane's being hijacked?.

would it really make any difference?

Manfred J. Hattan: Grandmaster Poopypants: Skail: I would exclusively patronize those airlines that did ban cell phone use.

So would I, unless there was an airline that banned children, too.

Lots of people say things like that, and you two may actually mean it, but statistically what people really mean is that they'd take the cheapest flight on Travelocity, even if it meant standing up and using a strap, subway style, in shait up to their knees and the flight left at 4:15 AM. Unfortunately, there's a reason airlines are in a race to the bottom, and it's not that people entered the airline industry because dentistry had become too pain-free.

That's only true of certain travelers. Its a diverse market.

You farkhead.

"You are trying to legislate courtesy, folks, and that just doesn't work," Mica said.

THIS

"A third House member raised the specter of national security, saying she'd witnessed one man use his cellphone camera to take pictures of sensitive parts of the airplane."

Farkin retards... WTF? Were they taking pictures of the planes vagina? What farking sensitive parts? Commercial airliners are not secret military planes. Did he crack open the IFF Transponder and hack the code? No, so STFU... There are no sensitive parts that a passenger can takes pictures of while in the cabin.

/Former Ground Plane Captain

Geez, I'm as big-government liberal as anybody, but how on Earth is this something the government should be regulating?

I can understand cell phones in schools, but on private carriers?

siva: That's only true of certain travelers. Its a diverse market.

You farkhead.

Then go for it. Airplanes have never been cheaper; the existing airlines are shedding capacity left and right. Maybe every single one of them is wrong. Maybe there's enough of a market to sustain at least a small airline which bans cellphones and children and charges a premium price. Maybe the dozens and dozens and dozens of failed airlines who tried exactly that business plan (or extra seat pitch or any of a dozen other extras) and tried to get away with a premium price were just missing that one thing.

Good luck.

Congress. Eroding one freedom at a time.

This line gave me a chuckle/raised an eyebrow, FTFA:

"A third House member raised the specter of national security, saying she'd witnessed one man use his cellphone camera to take pictures of sensitive parts of the airplane."


What parts was she referring to?

Grandmaster Poopypants: So would I, unless there was an airline that banned children, too.

Have you ever been in a cockpit before, Timmy?

Why half-step it? Just pass a law banning everything that annoys Congress.

I'm The Foot Farking Master:

/Former Ground Plane Captain


/Dang it, you beat me to that quote!
//Current Interiors Engineer

Tabatha Static: ...because of all the problems faced by air travelers these days this is the most pressing concern.

And stop it with the silly bureaucratic acronym law names, already. When you Orwellian phukkheads did the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism" Act, you blew your last chance.

THIS

/because the Government Intrusion and Surveillance Act wouldn't quite sit well with the redneck party.

EmployeeOfTheMinute: Why half-step it? Just pass a law banning everything that annoys Congress.

Sorry, the office of the President is in the Constitution.

FTFA
"WASHINTON - Cellphone calls on airplanes in flight are unsafe and obnoxious and should be banned permanently, according to some members of Congress."

First...Is Denver Posts proofreader on vacation? Maybe in WASHINTON?

Second...cell phones unsafe?...WTF...
Lady, have you ever been cut with a "razr" phone? Although,I have heard of Blackberry "battery".

I'm The Foot Farking Master: "A third House member raised the specter of national security, saying she'd witnessed one man use his cellphone camera to take pictures of sensitive parts of the airplane."

Farkin retards... WTF? Were they taking pictures of the planes vagina? What farking sensitive parts? Commercial airliners are not secret military planes. Did he crack open the IFF Transponder and hack the code? No, so STFU... There are no sensitive parts that a passenger can takes pictures of while in the cabin.

/Former Ground Plane Captain

???

blazemongr: EmployeeOfTheMinute: Why half-step it? Just pass a law banning everything that annoys Congress.

Sorry, the office of the President is in the Constitution.

The Constitution? Didn't someone once say that it's just a Goddamned piece of paper?

ZAZ: All passengers are instructed to leave their cell phone in the TSA agent closest to the boarding platform. On arrival at your destination, reach into the nearest TSA agent, extract a cell phone, and proceed to the washing and sterlizing station.

The cell phone you get back may not be the same one you gave them, but just be happy you got A cell phone back. And after all there's a 50% chance of an upgrade here.

I'm all for allowing cell phone use on planes, if beating the crap out of some inane, loud, jabbering lout is also allowed, whether or not they have a phone.

On the annoyance scale:

Cell phones - 0.5
Guy with cast and crutches in emergency exit row - 2
Fatass who shoulda bought two tickets in next seat spilling over into yours - 3
Fascist flight attendants - 4
Flight delays - 6
Unintelligible captain over mic who won't STFU about something useless like which exact flight path we're taking, and who leaves the seat belt light on for four hours through mild turbulence as if the whole plane can collectively hold it that long - 8
Going to the toilet right after someone who just pumped out a nasty - 9
Screaming babies - 11

EmployeeOfTheMinute: The Constitution? Didn't someone once say that it's just a Goddamned piece of paper?

You shut your mouth when the Founding Fathers are talking, biatch.

rmoose: Thank god our government is getting involved to further erode the rights of airlines to decide what is appropiate on their flights.

I don't give a f*ck about airline rights, I want mine back first, damnit

blazemongr: EmployeeOfTheMinute: The Constitution? Didn't someone once say that it's just a Goddamned piece of paper?

You shut your mouth when the Founding Fathers are talking, biatch.

That quote was from George W

Skail: Personally, I think this should be left to the airlines to decide. Things shouldn't be made illegal just because they're annoying.

That said, I would exclusively patronize those airlines that did ban cell phone use.

I don't disagree, but this is probably going to prevent several murders.

I'm The Foot Farking Master: Farkin retards... WTF? Were they taking pictures of the planes vagina? What farking sensitive parts? Commercial airliners are not secret military planes. Did he crack open the IFF Transponder and hack the code? No, so STFU... There are no sensitive parts that a passenger can takes pictures of while in the cabin.

/Former Ground Plane Captain

I had a mental picture of a bunch of terrorists sitting around recon pictures of an airplane saying, "Oh well shiat guys, we can't hijack this plane. Just look at how small that overhead compartment is!"

Skail: Things shouldn't be made illegal just because they're annoying.

How on earth are they more annoying that someone having a conversation with the person sitting next to you, or those people who won't stop having a conversation with you? (Monologue at you?)

This is just about people who think they are better because they don't use cell phones.

I for one welcome congress's interference in this because everything they touch goes straight to hell and the airline industry was already dying so this just speeds the process up.