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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by jakejake on Sunday September 09, 2012 @01:25AM (#4495035)
I wouldn't mind seeing the rule overturned for general usage or data. But I hope that voice calling continues to be prohibited. Sitting on a 6 hour flight listening to multiple people screaming into their phones over the sound of the engines would suck so bad. Its bad enough on a 15 minute bus ride.
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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by gizmo686 on Sunday September 09, 2012 @01:48AM (#4495067)
A ban on voice calling should come from airline policy, not FAA regulation.
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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by akldfgj on Sunday September 09, 2012 @02:35AM (#4495124)
cell phone conversations lead to in-flight murder[0], which causes chaos, which is a threat to airline safety, under FAA purview.

[0] (well, justifiable homicide, anyway)

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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by Monotoko on Sunday September 09, 2012 @08:39AM (#4495642)
Have a space by all means where people can talk, just make sure it's soundproof. I had someone sitting next to me on an hour long train ride, who, if she said "at end o' day" one more time, I would have killed her and pleaded justifiable homicide.
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