Cell phone use on airplanes potentially coming soon

Vikingod · Dec 22, 2006, 04:47 PM

Source: TechSpot
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If you've ever been on a commercial airplane before, you are probably used to the drill: Shut off your cameras, laptops and cellphones. Once in the air, those cell phones better stay off – airliners are pretty insistent on that. Then again, with the obscene cost of in-flight calls that some airliners provide, they don't really have all that much incentive to let you use a cell. Could that be changing, however? One international airliner is looking to allow cell phone use during flight. Emirates will be the first airliner to ever do such, and is planning to being allowing use of cells and phone-equipped PDAs starting next month. While the technical feasibility of such a feat requires some adjustments to existing aircraft, the extremely long duration of international flights would make it particularly appealing to those who have to sit on those long trips. At the end of this year, a study will be finish to determine whether or not cell phone use would actually be dangerous.

Dec 22, 2006, 04:47 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Cell phone use on airplanes potentially coming soon Source: TechSpot __________ If you've ever been on a commercial airplane before, you are probably used to the drill: Shut off your cameras, laptops and cellphones. Once in the air, those cell phones better stay off – airliners are pretty insistent on that. Then again, with the obscene cost of in-flight calls that some airliners provide, they don't really have all that much incentive to let you use a cell. Could that be changing, however? One international airliner is looking to allow cell phone use during flight. Emirates will be the first airliner to ever do such, and is planning to being allowing use of cells and phone-equipped PDAs starting next month. While the technical feasibility of such a feat requires some adjustments to existing aircraft, the extremely long duration of international flights would make it particularly appealing to those who have to sit on those long trips. At the end of this year, a study will be finish to determine whether or not cell phone use would actually be dangerous.