Ugh... The LAST things I want to have to listen to on my way to Cancun are 1. some female crying on her freaking cell phone about how much she's going to miss her current bf, or 2. some "suit" who thinks the world will come to an absolute END if he doesn't keep his too many social networking sites updated...you know the type...the ones who have to speak everything they're typing out loud. People like to RELAX while flying, not be annoyed by hearing one side of a hundred different cell conversations. Seriously, don't you get even a LITTLE ticked when people begin practically shouting so that THEIR conversation is heard above everyone else's?

NorCalBear84, you're an idiot. Most cell phones wont even work once you're in the air and miles off the ground. Cell phones, both analog and digital, work on radio signals and a plane at cruising altitude is way out of range of the ground based signal. The specialized phones sometimes found on-board work differently than the phone in your pocket.

I hope they don't allow cell phones to be used on flights. I don't want to hear personal or business calls while I'm a captive audience sitting next to someone talking on a cell phone. They usually speak louder than they would in regular conversation and it is more than annoying.

I travel all the time and i hope they find a way for the public to use the cell phones http://bayarealawyers.com

hey, I think your obsessed with phone use - how about only use them when inside the restroom - I personally don't want to sit next to someone jib-jabbing (as you phrase it)

This is ridiculous. I travel leisurely once as a year. Take into consideration what you're saying and think if you're me or someone on a business trip. You can't keep your phone in your bag for a few hours? How desperate are you for communication? I'll be leaving for Japan on the 16th and thats a nine hour flight. I don't need to tweet what they served me for dinner or that I'm gonna try to sleep for the next 4 hours. Your arguement is stupid. Sinse 9/11 a lot has changed. There are new rules and regulations enforced by the laws of our respectful countries and I will respectfully obey them. When you say 95% of people on planes leave their phones on, does that mean you are one of them and you are using it? Maybe I leave it on, but if I remember to or I'm asked over the announcements, I'll turn it off! I hate listening to morons yaking on their phone whether it be intellignet conversations or not, turn your stupid phone off and try to manage without your precious phone for a few hours. I know I can.

Omg!!! I rarely ever fly.Thanks to your idiot self I have learned from many of he comments left here..THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER...If there is even the slightest chance a cell phone could intefere with pilot communiations why would anyone IN THEIR RIGHT MIND want to risk an in a accident..Take a nap!!!

Do you have any sort of formal education at all or are you just retarded. You may love the sound of your own voice or have to discuss how upset you are by Proposition 8 but we don't want to hear you. Next time moron do some research before you decide to make a fool of yourself.

fiz, You're an idiot. It doesn't affect the plane AT ALL. Now, I DO agree that it would be confusing and problematic for people to be on phones. Even Myth Busters busted the phone interference crap. Apparently (and I don't know all the details) when cell phones first came around there were some problems with interference, but they fixed it. I don't really care about this argument, but the cell phone sending out a call does NOTHING. Also, to NorCalBear84 - Who the hell has service up there? I sure don't.

why should I paid for phone service on an airplane, when I can use my own phone and save money. Most planes now days have phone service and the airtime is very costly this is from place experience. I would rather use my own phone I know the rates will be what my plan is

Did you sleep thru all your science classes dude? For one thing, the space is TOO confined for everyone to carry on a conversation at one time. There would be so much noise and confusion you wouldn't be able to hear yourself think. The science part is, it doesn't matter at ALL if the phone is ON, it matters if a call is made. That's when the phone sends the signal. All the cell phones sending signals at once is TOO much electromagnetic interference at one time. Maybe you want to risk your life so some jackass can talk about some idiotic part of their day, but I sure as hell don't.

It is really the FCC and cell phone use is mostly permitted just not in flight. However, certain frequencies are allowed. The FCC is no joke. They did not just pull this out of a hat. When planes crash typically everybody dies. Your call could not possibly be more important than the three-hundred plus lives on the plane not to mention the families affected. There is a reason why risk of dying in a plane crash is so low. 1 out of 2,067,000 (pbs.org nova planecrash) You don't get that by virtue. Sorry. The call can wait.

Have you seen "Mythbusters"? It PROVED that cell phones disrupt the computer on the plane!!

"Everyone has a cell phone"? WRONG. You obviously haven't visited any 3rd world countries lately. Or even cared enough to learn about them, for that matter. Tell me, do the majority of Tibetan people own cell phones? NO. They own houses, beds, fields and that's about it. They seem perfectly content to me! And don't give us crap about how "cellphones obviously don't interrupt the air traffic signal, lol, duh!" My uncle owns a small plane and will occasionally take some of my friends and I flying. Several times my friends have whipped out their phones and started blabbing on them about unbelievably unimportant things, and each time my uncle would have to yell back to us, "Turn off your damn phone! We could crash!" We haven't crashed. But we COULD. I'd rather have the safer "we will not crash" than the less reliable "we probably won't crash", thank you very much.

the reason why cell phones are not allowed on planes is that type of signal interferes with the planes radar, navigation ext and its annoying to hear someone talking to this thing super loudly

You on a cell phone is an invasion of my personal space! No thanks...

Ah people and their cell phones, I hate cell phones. Especially people who think they need to shout in them, just a guess but I think the other person can hear you.

aloha- planes do not allowed to have cell phones when the plane is on the sir.

So let's start from the beginning. You say that everyone has a cell phone. My dad doesn't. And frankly, right now, he is upstairs watching TV in his room. He's not dead. And think of everyone before cell phones. If they couldn't survive without cell phones, then you wouldn't exist. You also say that you should be allowed to talk. Hey, you ARE allowed to talk. Talk to a friend or family member who's on the plane with you, or talk to that random stranger next to you. Maybe you'll make a new friend. You can watch movies and, on some planes, TV. The movies are recorded, and the TV has been tested several times and proved safe. People are scared of what MIGHT happen with using a phone on the plane. And that can also work for my rebuttal for your "crap about how it'll interrupt with the air traffic." It has happened. It happened a few times, so to be on the safe side, they ban it. Mythbusters tested it, and it didn't work, but that was a test on the ground, not in the air. So who's to say you'll have the same results in the air? And now, your next point addresses peer pressure. Other people leave their phones on, so I can leave mine on. Well how bout this: Other people rob a bank, so I'm just gonna go walk into the nearest Chase bank and say "GIMME A THOUSAND DOLLARS!" and it'll be okay because everyone else does it. No. Just no. Besides, most phones have a setting called "Airplane Mode." it's just like the normal mode, except it doesn't send or receive any signals. People with this mode CAN leave their phones on. You say that you like hearing other people's stories. I have two things about this: one, didn't your mother teach you that it's rude to eavesdrop? What if that was you, except you were talking to someone about something really embarrassing, say, like, you have really bad diarrhea? And two, especially on longer flights, some people are trying to sleep, and you're trying to tell your friend about who-cares-what? That's also rude. If you really HAVE to stay connected to everything, then you need help. Seriously. Here's a suggestion for breaking the habit: be a kid again. You can do this in one of two ways: get grounded or go to summer camp. You get grounded, you can't have anything as far as phones and such go. You go to camp, it's the same thing. Your last point is that it's 2009 (now 2010) and we can't use phones in the air. For all I care, it could be 1492 or 2430. We're never going to have made EVERY technological advancement out there. Oh, you think we will? Have you seen a time machine or a jet pack lately? Or what about even a way to make a true utopian society? Yeah, I didn't think so.

if u cant do 2 hours without your cellphone u have an addiction, and if you are just hearing peoples conversations that is weird, and as the other guy said what is more important updating your status on Myspace or twitter or the pilot being able to hear specific instructions for the plane you are on.........idiot

You really can't live 2 hours without twitter or facebook or calling someone? I thought I had issues--take a train- you can leave your phone on when you do that--take a good 24 hour trip, which would have taken maybe 3 hours on a plane-do that a couple of times and then you will see what it would be like if planes allowed that kind of thing-loud and noise noise noise all the time and you can forget a nap or a moment of silence-I think that just turning the phone off is worth not having to do the train thing--but I don't know for you...you might just be so infatuated with that phone you might would do it...oh and the "95 % of people leaving their phones on during the flight" comment is bologna--those 95 % are people turning their phones back on after they announce that they can be turned on after landing at the destination... notice the chiming of different service providers ringing out across the plane once we land every time I fly--but you are the 5 % that didn't turn their phone off and are too busy blubbering to yourself about how you lost 2 precious myspace hours to hear it I guess--c'mon man really? Humans need "personal alone time" you need to take a few moments to just sit in silence and think about nothing, and order a drink geez. I really feel bad for the people that you do know because I would be begging for you to shut up---maybe your friends like it when you fly because then you will leave them alone for a little bit. Have you ever watched mythbusters? They proved that cell phones do spike radio frequencies so there is reason to believe that cell phones cause problems--news flash for you on that--. I am not going to toy with the idea. I do not need my phone every second of every minute, every minute of every hour, every hour of every day, every day of every week that I would risk being a land dart. I honestly don't know anyone who does--until you--- Just post when you are flying and your flight number so I can be sure I am not on the same plane with you dude.

maybe he wants to call 911 if he sees a suspicious passenger. i think u should be able to order a pizza in the sky and another plane delivers it.

shut up u dufus, if i cant take my bean dip on the airplane u cant take your cell phone

Do you honestly "need" to be on your cell phone the entire flight? I understand that sometimes some one might need to make a call, but most people don't "need" to update their Twitter. 24/7 connection is not needed and if it is that is called a dependent addiction

[BLEEP]o news flash, youre an idiot. you're so important you can't use your phone while you're on a plane. get real, stop making up facts (95% blah blah blah) and deal with not bing able to use your phone for that 2 hour plane ride

what is the matter with you? cell phones can mess up the radio signal, thats not bull[BLEEP]. and if you cant go without youre stupid twitter acount of texting someone youve got a problem!

do you really want to be on like a boeing 747 with hundreds of people around you and all these dumb ass buzzers going off? it would be a [bleep]ing nightmare!!

Cellphones are not a necessity. And believe it or not, you CAN last an entire flight without needing to call someone. I do not want to be seated next to some annoying doofus who spends 3 hours talking to someone about what they did that day, who they like, and when they had their last bowel movement. On a more technical note: when in flight, you change cell areas so fast that there is no service anyway. Even if they let you use your cellphone, you would be out of any service area.

Also, may I add: You know that annoying sound when your cell phone gets too close to your computer/car/TV stereo/speaker? That "Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt" sound? Imagine the pilot hearing that, non stop, in his ear piece, for the entire flight. He can't take off the headset, turn it off or turn it down because he needs to listen out for other aircraft or control towers.

if you despirately need to use a phone, the planes actually do have them available if you want to s[BLEEP] out the money to use it. i don't believe that them being that much of a "necessity" that you can't go an hour or two without texting or calling someone. that actually sounds more like an addiction and needing your fix. i think the biggest thing you have working against you is the fact that this seems to be an argument about the selfishness to talk on a phone if you want to, and not particularly worrying about your safety or the fact that everyone around you will have to listen to your conversation.

I know some pilots and they actually use their cell phones while in flight. yes, it does interefere, but some flights are NOW allowing wi-fi on their flights. If they are allowing wi-fi and other stuff on the plane... why not cell phones?

Yes the signal from a cell can disrupt radios and create an unsafe condition! Not to mention down right annoying! (remember its better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt)

none of us want to hear your [BLEEP] conversations!?! look, if someone is next to you reading a book or whatever we don't want to hear it. most of them aren't stories either, it's obnoxious yammering.

Phones transmit waves as you should know. These waves affect the transmissions between the plane and control tower. That could result in a storm being unknown to the pilot, resulting in danger and death. How come you are a grown man and do not know this?

Phones transmit waves as you should know. These waves affect the transmissions between the plane and control tower. That could result in a storm being unknown to the pilot, resulting in danger and death. How come you are a grown man and do not know this?

No. Just imagine if they let u talk on the cellphone the plane would be LOUD!! Some1 would be on the plane tired and they person next to them would be talking on the phone that would be ANNOYING!

You make it sound like it is impossible for human existence to continue without the aid of a man-made electronic device. If mandatory sterilization ever passed, you'd be first in line.

OK dude, unless the security or flight people violently take the phone away from you YOU ARE ABLE TO USE YOUR PHONE unless they use some "phone disruptor" to turn off all the phones YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PHONE ON its YOUR choice, they ask you not to they don't want phones on the plane for a reason doesn't matter what reason,"respectfully" you should turn it off or w/e since there spending there time to give you a flight and relax you, why cant you just do this one thing for them? MY point is that if you want to not do there one request then that's your choice but remember that ever choice you make has a consequence.

Oh my gosh, get over your rant, no one needs to be connected 24/7. Today's society has become way to dependent on cell phones. Shut the dang thing off and sit back and enjoy the dang flight.

you act like an old queen, go to a wrinkleroom when you get off the plane and have a drink. Nothing worse than a queen attack

Necessity?? You moron.

Everyone?? You moron.

Empty head!!!!!

Making up FAKE statistics only makes you look more stupid than you already do! Hmm, comments from the true peanut gallery! Those who think do and those who have not brain just TALK and TALK and TALK!!!

You are so self-absorbed that you probably text while driving! Get a life! You can be off the phone for a few hours! Grow up lame brain!

You have absolutely NOTHING to say! You are so dumb! quit making up statistics! You are the stupidest thing that I have ever heard on this site! No one wants to listen to lame brains like you!

You are LAME! Give it a rest! You have a big mouth and NO ONE wants to listen to you on a long or short plane trip!!!!

the reason why cell phones are not allowed in places like hospitals, air planes etc. it because the incoming signal can and will disrupt equipment. I had my cell phone sitting on a computer, before the phone rang my computer screen went crazy, then the phone rang. I don't know why but the signal will interfer with equipment. Besides your on a plane for goodness sake, sit back and enjoy the ride.

dude, we cant even get reception in the [BLEEP] planes. cell phones run off of towers. which im pretty sure 100% of them are on the ground. if you wanted to actually use your cell phone on the plane, they would have to have some kind of mini-tower on the plane. why dont you just use the wifi voip calling on the planes. from what i have heard, there is wifi in almost every plane company.

Moron of 2010

aloha- cell phones should not be allowed on planes at all white hippy brother. all you do in this white hippy vodeo is wind, wind. close your white hippy dam mouth and open your dam white hippy listen ears white hippy brother lau,lau like that. is my hawaiian language good enough for your white brother or what?

I think cell phone use should be restricted in more places then on a plane. But the fact is that he plane is private property, whatever rules the airlines want to create or enforce, in conjunction with the FTA regulations is up to them. Cell phone use is't that dissimilar to speaking with someone seating next to you, but speaking to the person next to you doesn't create electrical interference. Whether or not cell phones actually do that is anyones guess. I think it probably ranks up there with using your cell phone next to a gas pump. The odds of it having a catastrophic affect are probably slim to none. But I for one don't want to be on the plane when the odds payout. Besides your on a plane flying at 500mph, I don't care that you want o stay connected with your buddies.

People on an airplane watching movies and/or listening to music (headphones or earphones!!) does NOT create verbal sound that can easily and readily be overheard by others in a close confinement setting, as does a phone conversation -- GET IT? Rules that would allow ten, twenty, or potentially a hundred or more phone conversations in an airplane tube in close quarters is a proposal that is, at best, inconsiderate, and at worst also so myopic and ill-conceived that it is easy to attribute being a selfish idiot to the person who advocates such rules!

People talk on their cellphones everywhere. Why not on a plane? Because it is annoying. Also, while people may have their cellphones on in an airplane, they are more than likely on plane mode. If not, there is a difference between a cell phone just being on, and a cell phone transmitting. I would hate to be the person who has to listen to your convo the whole plane ride and then have the plane go down because of it. Even if there is a small percentage of that happening, I'd rather not risk it just to talk on a phone instead of reading for a coupe hours.

yes cell phones should be allowed on planes

everyone should be allowed to use their phones, except you. [BLEEP]o, news flash...no one wants to here your jibjab dumb ass.

There are few things more annoying than having to listen to someone yak away on a cell phone on buses, in restuarants and theatres (whereever u have people trapped .... well, on planes it would be even more so because people around u do not have the freedom to move seats or leave. Its all about treating people around u with respect sir. Its called etiquette, and all that means is acting in a way that makes others around u feel comfortable. Forced to endure someones unending moronic converstaions is torture for just about everyone. Think about about this: you are on a plane trip which will take about 3.5 hrs... there si a teeanage girl sitting right behind you... she gets on the cell phone and starts yakking and squealling and swearing allllll the way to the end of the trip. THINK ABOUT IT!!! How about someone who speaks another language than your own? How would you like that in your ear for 3 or 4 hours every time you take a trip? For the comfort of ALL.... TURN IT OFF.

NO YOU SHOULD FUC*I* NOT

Why do you want to talk on the phone on a plane anyways? To gossip? People who use their cell on planes are rude, they blab blab blab about nothing, something that you look like you groove upon, and to tell all your friends about it. If you do your research, the aeronautics board does not want to take the chance on endangering peoples lives on the plane by the possibility of telephone frequencies imparing the controls on the plane. Its the caution, and you should be grateful that they are looking for your safety. But instead you rant like a little spoiled brat wanting to talk on the phone. Read vanity fair and talk with your fellow passengers on the plane, wait till you get off the plane before you yak.

No I dont agree, most mobile phones have flight mode on them now. I think the technical side of it is more complex than we will really know, Id rather turn my phone off and know that I might make it to where Im flying, too big of a risk just for the sake of a conversation.

ya sure yak on the phone. Might as well bring back smoking too to annoy everyone

I want my phone. The reason being is that when the plane crashes I want to be able to call my loved ones and say goodbye. (I think everyone should be respectful though and keep in on silent)

pWNAGE, actually that isn't true. European planes allow phone usage. I agree with the annoying part though.

cellphone signal = no more navigation = crash into mountain SIDES ITS SOOO F***ING ANNOYING

I don't want to hear any of your conversations while I am trying to sleep, read or simply relax. Get some therapy for your addiction to cell phones!!! I would be comfortable with texting as long as you disable the ding for incoming messages.

Yakity Yak....That's what you're all about. Some of us enjoy the peace and quiet of a long trip. Sure, business calls are necessary but to just sit their making call after call is really rude and unacceptable. Your type probably even talk in their sleep. You can hang up now!!

what is wrong with this generation today??? today people think that they can't live without a cell phone attached to their hip or their ear. in my day, which wasn't that long ago, we waited till we got home or pulled over to the side of the road and slipped in a dime and made a phone call. today the cell phone has become the most ruddest invention made. i personally find having to listen to other peoples conversations rude and repulsive. when you are in the middle of a conversation with someone and their cell rings and all the sudden my conversation and my time becomes unimportant. everytime someone p[bleep] you on the road driving like a bat out of [BLEEP] they have a cell stuck to their ear. this cell phone thing has gotten way out of hand!!! now you got some nitwit that thinks it is his god given right to use a cell phone on a plane even though it is unsafe due to possible interference with the electronic systems on the plane or for whatever matter. are people so busy today that they cannot get on a flight for a couple of hours without having a cell phone stuck to their ear?? now if that isn't bad enough, we have people texting while driving a vehicle or a commutor train which resulted in the death of human lives. explain that to the families that have lost a loved on because some fool could not wait to communicate with a friend in a safe manner. unreal..... and we wonder why our country is going to [BLEEP] in a hand basket with this kind of thinking.

Man are you insane??? People on cell phones is the last thing I want to hear on my way to Maui. Come on, I can barely contain myself from smacking someone on their cell phone while in the elevator. I am with the airlines on this one. By the way, if phones could be control to only texting I would be all for it.