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Re:Sen. McCaskill to FAA Chief: Fix Electronic Device Rules ... by mahmud on Thursday December 13, 2012 @02:51AM (#4914805)
Airlines will start offering "quiet" flights at 40% premium, allowing only business class passengers to talk on the phone (or you can upgrade yourself to Communicator level for $20 more and use your phone in economy)

In Australia you can pay Qantas $ to "offset" your carbon footprint. Carbon tax is already law, you're just paying to help them with their taxes ;-)

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Re:Sen. McCaskill to FAA Chief: Fix Electronic Device Rules ... by toomuchtodo on Thursday December 13, 2012 @03:42AM (#4914905)
"Carbon tax is already law, you're just paying to help them with their taxes."

Like the landing fees, 9/11 "security fees" per flight leg, etc?

I'm helping them pay for everything already, including their (small) profit =)

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Re:Sen. McCaskill to FAA Chief: Fix Electronic Device Rules ... by mahmud on Thursday December 13, 2012 @06:31AM (#4915304)
It's Capitalism, if the business is not profitable they should get out of it. No one told them to run on thin margin. Not my responsibility to subsidize bad business decisions.
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