You might remember that the FAA was mulling the idea of letting people make phone calls on planes. Well, clearly Americans don’t agree with them and have complained to the FCC:
Unlike most FCC issues, which tend to draw highly technical and legal arguments, the in-flight cellphone concept has kindled the passions — and penmanship — of many ordinary Americans.
“Dear FCC,” begins one entry to Docket No. 13-301, received in the agency’s mailroom on Dec. 23, “What better use of my extra Christmas card than to ask you to please use any influence you have, during the process of allowing cellular use on planes, to guide airlines towards allowing data but not voice use in flight. Thank you.” Dave Moncjeau, who sent the card from Springvale, Maine, even wrote in “Happy Holidays” and “Merry Christmas.”
Other submissions are less cordial.
“Mr. Wheeler — Phones on planes is a terrible idea. You must fly on private planes or first class in an enclosed pod. This is the dumbest idea ever!” Paul Geddes of Needham, Massachusetts, wrote on a memo pad before tearing it off and sending it in.
I for one agree that this qualifies as one of the worst ideas ever. I fly frequently to clients in the US and overseas. I have to put up with enough on flights as it is and I really don’t need to hear someones conversation for the three hours that I am in flight. Now if 30% of the people on the flight do exactly the same thing, flights will quickly become unbearable. I hope the FCC listens to the travelling public and shelves this idea forever.
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US Citizens To FCC: No Calls On Planes
You might remember that the FAA was mulling the idea of letting people make phone calls on planes. Well, clearly Americans don’t agree with them and have complained to the FCC:
Unlike most FCC issues, which tend to draw highly technical and legal arguments, the in-flight cellphone concept has kindled the passions — and penmanship — of many ordinary Americans.
“Dear FCC,” begins one entry to Docket No. 13-301, received in the agency’s mailroom on Dec. 23, “What better use of my extra Christmas card than to ask you to please use any influence you have, during the process of allowing cellular use on planes, to guide airlines towards allowing data but not voice use in flight. Thank you.” Dave Moncjeau, who sent the card from Springvale, Maine, even wrote in “Happy Holidays” and “Merry Christmas.”
Other submissions are less cordial.
“Mr. Wheeler — Phones on planes is a terrible idea. You must fly on private planes or first class in an enclosed pod. This is the dumbest idea ever!” Paul Geddes of Needham, Massachusetts, wrote on a memo pad before tearing it off and sending it in.
I for one agree that this qualifies as one of the worst ideas ever. I fly frequently to clients in the US and overseas. I have to put up with enough on flights as it is and I really don’t need to hear someones conversation for the three hours that I am in flight. Now if 30% of the people on the flight do exactly the same thing, flights will quickly become unbearable. I hope the FCC listens to the travelling public and shelves this idea forever.
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