Mobile Phones And Aircraft

It will be interesting to determine if the higher proportion of travellers who use mobile phones on aircraft are those who use the highly lucrative business class. Such would be the pathetic pandering to pathetic people who cannot be without a phone for any period. People (in general) seem to accept the smoking restrictions on planes, but cannot live without a phone and, in some cases, a drink. A violent drunk in a public place is thrown (bounced) out. The same should apply on a plane and without a parachute. Playing the human rights card will sadly outlaw this.

Understandably (just) is the need to stay in touch in transit. It is nonetheless rather sad that business people insist on staying in touch since they clearly imagine themselves so indispensable. If they employ competent staff... Everyone else must be held to ransom for the benefit of the higher spending few. Hopefully, the airlines will suffer for their greed. Mobile phones are a high profile nuisance. And an irritation. Apart from any dangers that are predictably underplayed.

Climate change creates another source of the ridiculous hypocrisy prevalent in the confused global society. Aircraft pump out billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (regarded as being the prime cause of global warming and climate change) every year, yet where everyone else must pay a tax to make everything OK, airlines escape the same 'punishment'. Obviously, the tax on everything else is simply a way of raising revenue. It's easy money, but achieves nothing else except making money. Or more accurately: the redistribution of wealth. It's a less aggressive way of describing theft by stealth.

One predictable advantage for the mobile companies will be 'roaming' charges. At the moment moves are underway to curtail the extraction of ridiculously high fees for those who must use their phone in another country. To raise the game into the air above the ground opens up a whole new charging structure. The money to be made will be phenomenal. If planes don't start crashing without a known cause (even with - DA) then phone bills will soar and upset many, many passengers. Flight crews will risk their lives in more ways every day as mobile phones are allowed to be used on board an aircraft, though the ironic side will be that it is not the airline's fault, but the mobile phone user.

The accuracy of any survey will depend on who is questioned (a user or a non-user) as to whether such devices are a good thing. A user would hardly say it is a bad idea to allow phones on planes. Even though they could be potentially lethal. The most lucrative period will be in the generally noisier daytime and passengers will be encouraged to talk as this is also the most expensive peak time in line with international roaming rates. Doubtless airline companies will get their cut (blood money?) from the passengers using their phones.