As our colleagues over at Engadget reported earlier this week, it looks like cell phones are going to stay in the off and stowed position in aircraft for at least the near future. Apparently, the several proposals that were on the table were shelved after a considerable ruckus was stirred among people who enjoy their quiet time up in the air.
And I totally agree. It’s bad enough to be sitting next to some schlub in Panera talking about how many used cars he sold this week — I don’t need to listen to it in an enclosed aluminum tube 30,000 feet in the sky. Wireless might be a reasonable alternative, as Catherine, Neil and Justin pointed out earlier this year, but if I hear any of you guys Skyping at from three rows away I’m dumping my seven ounces of cranberry-apple juice on your lap.