Europe will soon allow phone calls on flights. Will the U.S. be next?

NO! I prefer the Japanese way - no phone calls even on the trains. Already bed enough people playing video games with the sound on.

Bad enough in a Doctor’s waiting room or in Wally World listening to people yapping in a loud voice w/their phone on speaker. I would dread being trapped in an aluminum tube several miles above the Earth for several hours (just a ‘brief’ conversation on Terra Firma is bad enough much less an Ultra Long Distance flight).

If one thinks the number of violent passengers & resulting diversions are bad now, just wait if the faa allows it here.

What could possibly go wrong...

Officially, the worst idea ever!

what are these europeans thinking of? no worries, once the talkative repressed airline ammerican phone travelers start using european airlines and discover phone freedom aloft, they will abuse that privilidge and the patience of all within earshot. dumb, very dumb....

I just spent a few weeks in Italy and was on their wonderful train system a number of times. One day, I rode 45 minutes from the Milan airport to Milan's central station across the aisle from a woman who talked on her phone the entire time. I saw this sort of thing several times. The record holder was the guy on his laptop conducting business over his phone for the entire 2+ hours of the high speed Florence to Rome Termini run. So with this recent background I plead-- no! A million times NO!

I'll wager a lot of 'former' airline passengers will cite that a a reason they no longer fly ....

The only place left on earth where I can get a nice nap and now they're going to once again consider phone calls on flights? Wait till they see the fights this will create.

Please don't. The last thing we need are loud phone conversations during our already not-fun flights.

I'd rather they not, people are annoying enough on airplanes. They should at least require headsets.

Please no. I just want to read my book in peace.

No! This is just a bad idea. If I am on a red eye I don't need the person next to me gabbing endlessly to pass the time. Many of the domestic flights allow you iMessage or message through WhatsApp. That is much less disruptive to others.

Here is a thought.....

If this happens everybody within earshot should start recording the call and the publishing it on social media, with a photo of the phone caller!

If you are going to act like an inconsiderate jerk you should expect being treated like one. I doubt that texting would be an issue though.

Note: I used to take a bus into NYC ( about a one hour commute) and talking on the phone was a total no no, especially in the morning. Nobody wanted to hear somebody yapping on a phone at 6:00 am.

That’s the stupidest decision any transportation company could make, where passengers are in close proximity to each other. Will just result in more customer outrage.

I bet it doesn't last long...

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It will be just like the ‘60’s again! How many kids can you cram into a phone booth!

You’re better off driving if the flight is less than 350 miles. Peaceful, and arrive at the same time…with a car no less.

There was never much evidence to require airplane mode, and the EU has finally recognised that. Talking on phones in trains and buses is discouraged in France, and few people break that rule, but they do stream content using earbuds. I imagine it will be the same in planes. A welcome move.

I hope not. Don’t want to hear people talking on their phones all around me.

And obviously this time Europe is not lagging bahind the reste of the world, as in every occasion an insane decision is to be made ! Congrats again EU Commission.

I’ve been in one flight with cell service. Why don’t more have it.

There was never much evidence to require airplane mode, and the EU has finally recognised that. Talking on phones in trains and buses is discouraged in France, and few people break that rule, but they do stream content using earbuds. I imagine it will be the same in planes. A welcome move.

People are pigs. If you need any more proof, watch what happens when THIS is approved. I’d rather listen to an imbecile trumpanzee babble incoherently, like what we’re gonna get for the next two years in the House run by gen-yoo-ine trumpanzees. Amazing how much filth is flying now … shorts, t-shirts, flip-flops and body odor. Charming.