Thats the last time i fly Emirates!
Shame because it was my favourite airline
pat mitchell, londom, uk
OH, MY God,...Just imagining mindless morons who can't do without during a flight,sickens and appalls me!
Alan F Dean, coalville, nw leics uk
When mobile phones were first developed, they were used mainly by those who really had a good reason to communicate. Now every Tom, Dick and Harry spends hours glued to the thing.
The prospect of spending many hours cooped up with the kind of person who likes the sound of their own voice and will happily bore us all rigid with their inane conversation horrifies me.
I vividly remember a train journey a few years ago, which took place after a very distressing bereavement, being forced to listen to the droning voice of the self- important man half way down the carriage. I would cheerfully have rammed the thing down his throat!!
Lou Davis, Derby,
The last good thing about flying used to be that it was the one place that you could legitimatly be unreachable and where you could escape from other peoples inane chit-chat on there mobiles.
Now flying has moved to the level of travelling by bus, except the queues are longer and there's less leg room.
Why travel by bus? - because you have to.
Why fly? - because you have to.
John, High Wycombe , UK
Passengers on trains and buses talk on their cell phones every day and I never find that to be bothersome- I'd have no problem with passengers conversing on thier cell phones on airplanes-
Scott Benowitz, Rye, New York, U.S.A.
What has changed to allow the use of mobiles, otherwise banned on most airlines? Emirates planes now have lead-lined cockpits, or they never were a threat to aircraft instrumentation in the first place? It would seem to all hark back to when airlines made you pay for the use of their in-flight headphones, holding you ransome to their 'entertainment', conveniently using the 'we might hit the ground - hard' as an incentive not to allow DVD and MP3 players. There should be an immediate examination on what can and cannot be used on planes and that standard should be used across all airlines, not just the fancy few.
Julian, Twickenham, UK
A few of us in the office who use Emirates discussed this yesterday and decided that it was definitely a good reason to fly BA or Virgin.
You have to remember that this airline comes from a country where the enjoyment of going to the cinema is destroyed by people constantly using mobile telephones - loudly.
The thought of being locked up in a tube of 300 people all busting to use their phones because they have nothing else to do is frightening.
David, Dubai, UAE
The last thing I need on a trip is sitting beside someone talking on their cell phone.
Gary Parker, Montreal, CANADA
Thats the last time i fly Emirates!
Shame because it was my favourite airline
pat mitchell, londom, uk
OH, MY God,...Just imagining mindless morons who can't do without during a flight,sickens and appalls me!
Alan F Dean, coalville, nw leics uk
When mobile phones were first developed, they were used mainly by those who really had a good reason to communicate. Now every Tom, Dick and Harry spends hours glued to the thing.
The prospect of spending many hours cooped up with the kind of person who likes the sound of their own voice and will happily bore us all rigid with their inane conversation horrifies me.
I vividly remember a train journey a few years ago, which took place after a very distressing bereavement, being forced to listen to the droning voice of the self- important man half way down the carriage. I would cheerfully have rammed the thing down his throat!!
Lou Davis, Derby,
The last good thing about flying used to be that it was the one place that you could legitimatly be unreachable and where you could escape from other peoples inane chit-chat on there mobiles.
Now flying has moved to the level of travelling by bus, except the queues are longer and there's less leg room.
Why travel by bus? - because you have to.
Why fly? - because you have to.
John, High Wycombe , UK
Passengers on trains and buses talk on their cell phones every day and I never find that to be bothersome- I'd have no problem with passengers conversing on thier cell phones on airplanes-
Scott Benowitz, Rye, New York, U.S.A.
What has changed to allow the use of mobiles, otherwise banned on most airlines? Emirates planes now have lead-lined cockpits, or they never were a threat to aircraft instrumentation in the first place? It would seem to all hark back to when airlines made you pay for the use of their in-flight headphones, holding you ransome to their 'entertainment', conveniently using the 'we might hit the ground - hard' as an incentive not to allow DVD and MP3 players. There should be an immediate examination on what can and cannot be used on planes and that standard should be used across all airlines, not just the fancy few.
Julian, Twickenham, UK
A few of us in the office who use Emirates discussed this yesterday and decided that it was definitely a good reason to fly BA or Virgin.
You have to remember that this airline comes from a country where the enjoyment of going to the cinema is destroyed by people constantly using mobile telephones - loudly.
The thought of being locked up in a tube of 300 people all busting to use their phones because they have nothing else to do is frightening.
David, Dubai, UAE
The last thing I need on a trip is sitting beside someone talking on their cell phone.
Gary Parker, Montreal, CANADA