islalinda asked:
I know the airlines claim the reason you cannot operate cell phones and “electronic devices” while the plane is flying bc they supposedly could interfere with the navigational systems. However, many in the telecommunications industry (and others) dispute this as an excuse to force you to use the airline’s own (obviuosly wireless) seat-back phones at upwards of $2.00 a minute. They’ve been talking about letting ppl use their cell phones in flight already, there is such a demand (and many of us dread the idea of listening to obnoxiuos chatter for 3 hours straight and would just as soon prefer they DONT allow it). Ok so…..right now, if you whipped out your cell phone and made a call during flight, someone is going to come drag you out of your seat and throw you off the plane at the next stop. BUT…….what if you have a wireless broadband card in your laptop…..how would they know (or notice) if you were quietly surfing the internet at 35,000 feet?
Do you think you could get busted?
I know the airlines claim the reason you cannot operate cell phones and “electronic devices” while the plane is flying bc they supposedly could interfere with the navigational systems. However, many in the telecommunications industry (and others) dispute this as an excuse to force you to use the airline’s own (obviuosly wireless) seat-back phones at upwards of $2.00 a minute. They’ve been talking about letting ppl use their cell phones in flight already, there is such a demand (and many of us dread the idea of listening to obnoxiuos chatter for 3 hours straight and would just as soon prefer they DONT allow it). Ok so…..right now, if you whipped out your cell phone and made a call during flight, someone is going to come drag you out of your seat and throw you off the plane at the next stop. BUT…….what if you have a wireless broadband card in your laptop…..how would they know (or notice) if you were quietly surfing the internet at 35,000 feet?
Do you think you could get busted?