Finally some good news...

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20131121_Hawaiian_Airlines_to_allow_use_of_portable_electronic_devices_on_flights.html?id=232913941

Yeah, it was done some weeks ago. Kind of weird now seeing everyone with them on and the flight attendants not yelling at them! It is nice though.

Next it will be the loudmouth sitting next to you on their fuggin' cell phone. I think if I were the Captain I would make sure every flight was conducted under 10K.

gbflyer wrote:Next it will be the loudmouth sitting next to you on their fuggin' cell phone. I think if I were the Captain I would make sure every flight was conducted under 10K AGL.

I do not fly commercial to Las Vegas and LA much anymore.

In the local rag today, there is talk of allowing Cellphone activity during flight….
I've retained legal council for the inevitable time I shove somebody's cellphone up their ass!
Yup, you folks will likely read about me as I travel on the airlines regularly…. against my will.
If the Feds allow the traveling public to use cellphones during flight, one of you heroes can have my job.
I'll settle in and let Obama pay my bills, which unfortunately, will cut into your stipend! (need to get my share before the well runs dry… oops never mind)
Don't worry though, the money will never run out…. It grows on trees, mostly in Big City Coastal Regions!
I wonder if they will let me vote while incarcerated for deploying a talking suppository…. only seems fair to me!
Maybe Airplane Mode's not a bad option

I rode Amtrak a while back, and their policy is that if you want to talk on the phone, you stand in the airlock between cars. I thought that was pretty cool. They actually say-- no talking on cell phones inside the cars, purely for silence and quality of experience. No safety BS.

Interesting opinions. I may now politely ask the passenger neighbors, seated next to me, if I may make a quick call. And make clear I prefer not being beaten up. Especially far from home.