Phone calls on airplanes?

[Hardspoon]

I think it would rapidly become annoying, and I think I'd dislike flying more. At the same time, a policy like they have on local buses and trains (be polite and don't have long loud conversations) would work 99% of the time.

Regardless, I'd still fly, and I think it shouldn't be kept "illegal" just because it could be annoying. I wear noise-cancelling headphones or earplugs on all flights anyway.

[DaveP043]

Phone calls on planes won't bother me, I'll just turn up my music.  Or maybe I'll try to be helpful, and chime into the conversation my seatmate is having with his unseen friend or associate.   

  "Hey, my conversation is none of your business"

  "It is my business as long as you force me to listen to it!"

Honestly, I find that phone calls from bars and restaurants irritate me, probably a lot more than calls on airplanes would.  

Separately, don't most airlines charge for Wifi usage beyond their own airline provided services?  I can see this as a new revenue stream for the airlines.

[Missouri Swede]

3 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

Phone calls on planes won't bother me, I'll just turn up my music.  Or maybe I'll try to be helpful, and chime into the conversation my seatmate is having with his unseen friend or associate.   

Like this: http://gawker.com/the-perfect-solution-to-obnoxiously-loud-public-cellpho-1484228116

 

[Lihu]

21 minutes ago, Missouri Swede said:

Like this: http://gawker.com/the-perfect-solution-to-obnoxiously-loud-public-cellpho-1484228116

 

Still laughing. . .

 

 

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, Missouri Swede said:

Like this: http://gawker.com/the-perfect-solution-to-obnoxiously-loud-public-cellpho-1484228116

 

[WUTiger]

11 hours ago, krupa said:

Why cram yourself into an airline seat to be forced to listen to your neighbor's 5 hour phone call?

When it's three people elbow-to-elbow, let's not do it!

it's bad enough when Mr. or Ms. Loud does the cell phone thing at the next restaurant table.

If restaurant people are unusually rude with their blaring phone conversations, I will walk over to their table and make judgmental comments on how they treat their mother, their taste in men, etc.

They usually quiet down after that.

[Abu3baid]

3 hours ago, WUTiger said:

When it's three people elbow-to-elbow, let's not do it!

it's bad enough when Mr. or Ms. Loud does the cell phone thing at the next restaurant table.

If restaurant people are unusually rude with their blaring phone conversations, I will walk over to their table and make judgmental comments on how they treat their mother, their taste in men, etc.

They usually quiet down after that.

Because doing another rude action is the perfect answer?  What if they said **** off.  What are you going to do then?  You will either have to escalate or just walk away with your tail between your legs no?

 

[Patch]

My thought is that if you can make personal calls while flying, you can also send/recieve text messages. Heck, most of my phone use now is text messaging anyways.  

[Ernest Jones]

Here's my suggestion:

Lmao

[iacas]

28 minutes ago, Ernest Jones said:

Here's my suggestion:

Lmao

Someone beat you to it:

On 12/9/2016 at 1:06 PM, Missouri Swede said:

Like this: http://gawker.com/the-perfect-solution-to-obnoxiously-loud-public-cellpho-1484228116

Credit for embedding it directly, though.

[Ernest Jones]

1 minute ago, iacas said:

Someone beat you to it:

Credit for embedding it directly, though.

My bad. I didn't notice it, I rarely open links 'cuz, ain't nobody got time fo dat. 

[WUTiger]

16 hours ago, Abu3baid said:

Because doing another rude action is the perfect answer?  What if they said **** off.  What are you going to do then?  You will either have to escalate or just walk away with your tail between your legs no?

How is it rude? The perpetrator is disrupting everyone else's space.

I want to make my point. - The judgmental comments relate directly to what they broadcast on their cell phones. -  I don't need to escalate. How will they escalate against me? Make another phone call?

Note: I only have to do this about once every two years. It's not like I hunt for Loudies every Friday night.

[Zeph]

People already talk to eachother on the airplanes, so I'll take that ride. If I fly alone I always use earphones anyways.

[Pretzel]

I don't care if people make phone calls on an airplane if that's an available option. The plane itself is noisy enough that the only time I could ever hear it would be if they were in a seat next to me. Headphones mean I don't hear anything except my music or movie anyways, so it wouldn't bother me even if they were in the seat directly next to me so long as they weren't an animated talker who started swinging their arms around.

I wouldn't want to make a call on a plane myself, but if others did it I would never hear it.