Cell phones on board in the near future, your opinion

DAT202D · Post by **DAT202D** » 07 Jun 2006, 10:37

Telecomwaakhond onderzoekt mobiel bellen in vliegtuigen

Source: http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail ... 062006_012

(sorry momenteel geen tijd om te vertalen...)

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My opinion about using a cellphone in an airplane.. I'm totally against it !!
Can you imagine a longhaul flight where every 10 minutes a mobile goes off or passengers start shouting on the phone while you are sleeping? Arrgh.. can't even imagine....

For me, being on the plane is a relaxation time in which I don't want to be disturbed by the noises of ringing phones !

Your opinions about this?

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 07 Jun 2006, 10:49

I personally am of the view point that cell phones should not be allowed whilst the flight is in motion.

Contrary to what i believe, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines are going to allow passengers use of cell phones from the end of 2006. They are working of the technology with a service provider and an avionics company.

DAT202D · Post by **DAT202D** » 07 Jun 2006, 10:53

Yeah but again... currently we still have some problems of passengers that don't turn off their phones when it is not allowed now.. can you imagine when it is allowed but they kindly ask you to switch it off during take off and landing? I don't think many will listen...

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 07 Jun 2006, 15:35

They should just set the rates to 30 euro per minute, and 40 euro per SMS, also for receiving.

Then, after a short learning curve, and record profits for airlines, people will learn to switch those damn things off!

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 07 Jun 2006, 17:50

Here here! Either that or only have the reception in a small part of the plane, like part of the galley.

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 08 Jun 2006, 05:33

I would think that the technology that will be used to connect to your service provider will determine usage.

You will be paying a roaming charge for service, if they use VOIP to connect to a service then you will be paying for airtime, satellite access fee's and more. it will certainly be a completely different service and fee structure than you would use on Terra firma.

most cell sites have a very limited range, and little or no vertical alignment of their antennas, so don't expect very good service.

It will NOT be cheap.

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 08 Jun 2006, 14:21

I hope they will not block regular cell phone signals on the ground, I tend to send SMSes right before departure, when the doors close.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 08 Jun 2006, 15:24

No, definitely no. It is bad enough being on a train for an hour hearing stupid bimbos yelling "hi I'm on the train" into their silly mobiles without being on a plane for a few hours and hearing nothing but stupid bimbos and pompous businessmen conducting their business in full hearing of a captive audience.

And don't the ringtones p*ss you off

DAT202D · Post by **DAT202D** » 08 Jun 2006, 16:12

Comet wrote:No, definitely no. It is bad enough being on a train for an hour hearing stupid bimbos yelling "hi I'm on the train" into their silly mobiles without being on a plane for a few hours and hearing nothing but stupid bimbos and pompous businessmen conducting their business in full hearing of a captive audience.

And don't the ringtones p*ss you off

rofl, that's exactly what I mean ! For these reasons there should remain a ban on the use of mobile phones in an airplane... just like in movie theatres where you are enjoying a good movie when all the sudden a phone rings and some selfish guy/girl even answers the call.. or wait.... they first take the cellphone, let it ring for about 10sec while they are stearing at the display thinking 'hmmm.. who is this?...do i know this number?' For godsake shut down the d*mn phone !!!

Just my 2 cents..

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 08 Jun 2006, 17:35

This is a social and not a technological problem. I'm afraid we will have to learn to live with it. I believe it was Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, who remarked how the telephone changed, and in fact diluted, social customs, complaining how nobody would ever ring your doorbell around dinner time, but people would call on the phone around the same time without thinking twice.

OMG I just had a mental image of a Transavia flight with on board cell phone service. *shudder* Most Transavia passengers are exactly the type who would actually call eachother on their cell phones from across the same plane!

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 08 Jun 2006, 22:50

How much is inflight phoning now? I think that it is about € 7 per minute. Just charge about €10 per minute. For buisnessmen, it will not seem too much. For most people, it will.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 10 Jun 2006, 11:18

OMG I just had a mental image of a Transavia flight with on board cell phone service. *shudder* Most Transavia passengers are exactly the type who would actually call eachother on their cell phones from across the same plane!

Ur kidding right

Airbus330lover · Post by **Airbus330lover** » 13 Aug 2006, 21:48

It seems to be a big problem in the near future !!

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 14 Aug 2006, 16:54

Allowing phones to be used aboard would obsolete the increasingly popular airplane-mode on phones capable of mp3 playback. (It switches off the phone part while allowing you to use the rest of the phone's functionality).

Stepha380 · Post by **Stepha380** » 14 Aug 2006, 17:28

Only text messages will ever be allowed for mobile phones, but you can always speaks for hours loudly using Skype on Connexion by Boeing.

Or they have to create a space in the cargo hold, like between wagons in trains.

jelger · Post by **jelger** » 14 Aug 2006, 19:24

it is certainly a social problem.. just like people getting out of their seat during taxi after touch down and not being corrected by the crew! [that happened to me on a Swiss flight -hail to Swiss Quality ahem...- from ZRH to Moscow (DOM) --> which also included a dog in cabin !!

:dammit:

On transcontinental flights of 5+ hrs or so, where lots of people would like to take a nap airlines should just enforce (yes enforce) the quietness asked by many pax.

just like i am not going to interrupt my neighboors more than once to go to the loo when i sit next to the window, it is social conduct to not interrupt other pax with "so called important work"... if people cannot handle a long flight without their cell, they did something wrong in their "time management". and otherwise they should just use their CC in the satellite phone already on board.

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 15 Aug 2006, 07:52

Yes, the crew should be armed with electric cattle prods to keep passengers in their seats at all times, I agree wholeheartedly!

But seriously, with the increasing multifunctionality of phones, as well as the increasing amount of other devices using radio for communication, it is inevitable that it will be allowed to use these devices on board during flight, even if not for making calls.

In the past, demolition crews used electric wiring to set off explosive charges to bring down buildings. But nowadays, they use special quick-burning fuses, because the ever-present cell phones can easily set off charges with electric fuses.

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