{"id":4039,"date":"2013-11-22T14:25:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2013-11-22T14:25:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:25:42","slug":"say-it-aint-so-airline-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=4039","title":{"rendered":"Say it ain’t so, airline companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I awoke this morning, walked out of the bedroom and heard the chatter from the TV and what I heard was the most horrifying bit of travel news I’ve heard in years — and it had nothing to do with crappy weather.<\/p>\n

What I heard was that airline companies might be considering <\/em>lifting the ban on in-flight cell phone use by passengers.<\/p>\n

That is the worst news I’ve ever heard as it relates to any form of travel.<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration recently lifted the ban on in-flight use of other electronic devices: I-Pads, laptops, those sorts of gadgets.<\/p>\n

But cell phones? Oh, my goodness.<\/p>\n

The “Good Morning America” talking heads said this morning that it will take “up to a year” to decide whether to allow this idiocy on board jetliners.<\/p>\n

The initial reaction from flight attendants is encouraging: They hate it … with a passion.<\/p>\n

Passengers aren’t happy about it, either. One guy compared the annoyance of sitting next to someone blabbing on a cell phone to “sitting next to a crying baby.” I disagree. The cell phone user is much worse. The crying baby doesn’t know any better. The moron flapping his\/her gums on a cell phone on a crowded airplane certainly does<\/em> know better.<\/p>\n

The FAA will have to consider this one very carefully if it’s halfway serious about lifting the ban. Any decision to allow this kind of activity aboard a jetliner is going to guarantee that I never — not ever — will fly commercially again. <\/p>\n

I hope I’m not alone. Indeed, I suspect the threat of losing millions of other passengers just might be enough to persuade airline companies and federal regulators to scrap this idiotic idea.<\/p>\n\n

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