kicker Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/09/in-flight-calls_n_4414267.htmlWASHINGTON --- Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) doesn't want to hear your cell phone conversation on his next flight.Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced Monday that he plans to introduce legislation that would ban in-flight cellular phone calls. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is currently considering whether to allow the use of cell phones on commercial flights“Let’s face it, airplane cabins are by nature noisy, crowded, and confined,” Shuster said in a statement announcing the bill. “For the most part, passengers are looking for ways to make their flights go by as quickly and quietly as possible."“For passengers, being able to use their phones and tablets to get online or send text messages is a useful in-flight option. But if passengers are going to be forced to listen to the gossip in the aisle seat, it’s going to make for a very long flight,” he continued. “For those few hours in the air with 150 other people, it’s just common sense that we all keep our personal lives to ourselves and stay off the phone.”Shuster posted the proposed legislation online, and said he intends to introduce the bill on Monday afternoon.Most Americans agree with Shuster, according to a recent HuffPost/YouGov poll. Flight attendants are also against phone calls on flights. And, as The Huffington Post reported last month, in-flight calls are probably going to be ridiculously expensive.There have been several moves in recent months to greenlight the use of electronics in flight. The Federal Aviation Administration dropped its ban on use during take-off and landing at the end of October. The Federal Communications Commission will discuss in-flight phone calls during its Dec. 12 meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 I don't really understand why we need a ******* law telling us we can't use a cell phone in flight. Let the airlines regulate this internally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostone Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Up to airlines to apply those restrictions... Government is not necessary for that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 More government in my life. **** that ****. What happened to free market capitalism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychic Gibbon Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I love to watch liberals try to claim they are pro free market and oppose government solutions. It's funny to watch people try to support positions they don't believe in.Where is that happening here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostone Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 .... Again what doctor is going to lower their rates with tort reform? What are you going to do, find another doctor... That may be possible in the city, but what about when you live in bum f$&k nowhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 When did Kicker become a Liberal? And why wouldn't we support a non government solution? Free Market would be the best for this . Customers complain and use other airlines, which forces the airlines that support talking on the phone to lose money. Also, We need do not need government solution to solve common sense. No one wants to hear your phone conversation anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joremarid Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 i don't know where this idea comes from that being left leaning means you want the government in everything. too much am radio i suspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Radical Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Lmao at kicker being a liberal. Yeah, and Julian becomes pro Israeli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brodyrox Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I laugh at you continuallyI bet every girl who has ever seen it has laughed at yours. Yourself and LMNOP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 I just want somebody to explain to me why we need the federal government to step in and ban phones on planes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I just want somebody to explain to me why we need the federal government to step in and ban phones on planes. Technically, they have always been banned, but recently the FCC has decided to go back on that ruling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joremarid Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 So what do think the political leaning is of a person who wants government in "everything"? I think that describes the left quite well. AM radio has nothing to do with it.far, far, far left.far, far, far left =/= all liberals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Technically, they have always been banned, but recently the FCC has decided to go back on that ruling.No, they were banned because there was concern that they could interfere with the plane's equipment. They concern has been absolved. So now the only reason to ban them would be because they are annoying. That should be up to the airlines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEORGIAfan Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 No, they were banned because there was concern that they could interfere with the plane's equipment. They concern has been absolved. So now the only reason to ban them would be because they are annoying. That should be up to the airlines.I think that is just what they told us, but that was never the case. Also what does the second part of your post have to do with my post? You admitted that they were previously banned and now are unbanned, which is what my post stated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butudontseeme™ Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Too much guvment already. Need private entities making some rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Radical Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 So what do think the political leaning is of a person who wants government in "everything"?Totalitarian... of course, no such animal exists in the U.S. political landscape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychic Gibbon Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hmmm. Uhh. HmSeriously, you should get your babbling problem looked into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Radical Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Uh..... Sure....right.Are you confused sweaters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogie Man Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Less regulation you say? Except when they support making things they disagree with completely illegal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAD597 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Hasn't this always been the case?Republicans "SAY" they want less government but are always pushing for stronger drug laws, they want to make abortion illegal, they want more laws regulating how 2 adults have sex in their own bedroom etc.It never made sense to me that Republicans supposedly want smaller government but still push this kind of crap on people.What is really happening is Republicans want smaller regulation when it comes to multi million dollar corporations. They want people to be regulated to death just not big companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capologist Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Same with Security. Not the gubmint's job, it's the airline's responsibility to make sure its passengers have a safe flying experience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Troutsky Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Same with Security. Not the gubmint's job, it's the airline's responsibility to make sure its passengers have a safe flying experience...Oh, I think public safety is one of the things that falls into the government's responsibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boogie Man Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Oh, I think public safety is one of the things that falls into the government's responsibilities.The 'collective' safety, the safey of an individual from criminals, but NOT safety from one's self. See; big gulp bans, gambling, drugs, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capologist Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Oh, I think public safety is one of the things that falls into the government's responsibilities.Too broad of a category. Hartsfield Airport should be responsible for their security, not the taxpayers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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