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Should in-flight passengers be allowed to talk on cellphones via Wi-Fi?

  • B. No (1441 Votes)
  • A. Yes (256 Votes)
  • C. Undecided (80 Votes)

This is not a scientific poll — results reflect only the opinions of those voting.

28 responses to “Should in-flight passengers be allowed to talk on cellphones via Wi-Fi?”

  1. Pocho says:

    Undecided. What are the concerns/negatives letting passengers cell over wifi inflight?

  2. cojef says:

    Have to listen to loud mouthed hicks who purposely broadcast their personal conversations at everyone’s expense. Who cares about their personal business??? Then there are the droners who just sound like bees buzzing and saying nothing. All the care about is hearing themselves blaring away. How did I vote?

  3. Hoppy says:

    It would cause more problems with disturbing the peace. Too many people would be chatting away and the plane would get to loud. So a compromise would be to let texting be allowed.

  4. localguy says:

    I would allow cell phone calls anytime something happens during the flight to change the landing location and time. As in twice while flying to the mainland there was a medical emergency, we returned to Honolulu. In cases like this, inflight calls would be turned on to allow passengers to advise their contacts of what is going on.

    Rest of the time inflight calls turned off. Texting would always be turned on.

  5. KonaGolden says:

    Next to cellphones, is heavy handed perfume/cologne smells, I cannot stand it. Why do people drown themselves in it.

  6. sailfish1 says:

    People have no consideration for people around them. It will get too noisy. Let them use the wifi to email or to use text messaging.

  7. mcc says:

    No, no, no!!! Phones will cause rage on the already crowded airplanes. Imagine sitting next to someone talking next to you for 10 hours on a crowded flight. No phones on airplanes.

  8. stanislous says:

    What’s the difference between someone talking to the purson next to them and talking on a phone… other than you can only hear one side of the conversation? Is that’s what really bugging you?

  9. mikedale says:

    Text YES
    Talk NO

  10. juscasting says:

    I don’t care, my teacher always told me I get deaf ear anyway!

  11. Lana888 says:

    No, in-flight passengers are annoying enough as it is. They should also not be allowed to play games that make noises.

  12. Boots says:

    I don’t understand what the problem is. For a long time one could make a phone call using the phone provided on the seat in front of you. Never used it as it seems like it would cost an arm and a leg. But as long as a person is reasonable about it, there shouldn’t be a problem.

  13. Bully says:

    I dont want to listen to anyone yapping on the phone during flight.

  14. blackmurano says:

    For safety and for plain common sense – No. Using cellphone, Ipad or your personal computer and using

  15. blackmurano says:

    There a glich and could not finish my reply… Of course not in using your cellphone during an airplane flight. It would interrupt pilot communicating with the other airport. This is why you have on your device “airplane.” For just safety and common sense, no I would not use my cellphone in flight.

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