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The FAA gets it wrong again.
When Virgin Atlantic announced recently that passengers could make calls on their cell phones on VA’s Airbus A330 and Boeing 747 between London and New York, it was another wake up call to the Federal Aviation Administration to face reality.
Although cellphones can not be used during take off and landing, and the price per call is still steep (about a $1.60 per minute and twenty cents per text), the point is, as we have reported, about 100 other airlines allow an
Flight attendants are not inherently anti-romantic or anti-social, they’re just brainwashed when it comes to using cell phones in the air.
“Please switch off all mobile phones as they can interfere with the aircraft’s rafts navigation system,” is the flight attendant’s mantra.
But there is no verifiable reason why one shouldn’t use a cell phone on a plane.
We’re told it may interfere with mobile networks on the ground. But that makes no sense.
But if cell phones were so dangerous to the pla
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