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Delta CEO makes it clear: No voice calls on our flights
Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson wants to be clear: His airline will not allow in-flight voice calls even if regulators allow it. (www.usatoday.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Interesting comments here. When I used to fly four segments a week, every week, I carried ear plugs in my carry-on for the crying babies for they can't help it. I shudder to think about flying with someone hollering into a cell phone over the inflight noise level. Rowdy kids? I agree with the noisy kid below-deck storage compartment, but add room for their parents, too. What about a simple phone booth or two near the lavatories, if inflight calls are permitted? Really soundproofed, with a card reader? Personally, though, I'm with the total ban on cellular calls in flight....
Thai tried the phone booth in the nineties on their 74 Jumbos. It was a stinking mess. The unwashed from the Indian subcontinent would go in and squat. FA's hated cleaning the carpet.
Well I don't think you'll necessarily have that problem in the United States...
"frequent fliers believe voice calls in the cabin would be a disruption to the travel experience"
In other words, losing high-revenue passengers does not make it economically feasible to collect the measily few dollars available in providing expensive voice calls in flight (that will end up disproportionately adversely affecting other passengers and crew).
In other words, losing high-revenue passengers does not make it economically feasible to collect the measily few dollars available in providing expensive voice calls in flight (that will end up disproportionately adversely affecting other passengers and crew).
Bit it's entirely an airline policy matter. Regulators have no business regulating cell phone manners.
I would definitely choose an airline that bans in-flight cell phone calls over one that allows it. Especially on a long flight ie ORD-SEA or BOS-SFO.