Delta Points

Slightly lower on my list than spiders comes cell phone calls on an airplane. I as well freely admit I have a problem I try to work on each day and in other words being a "loud talker" on cell phones. I fight it, I am aware of it, and do try not to be so loud. I cannot imagine how bad I would be on an airplane. I bet the cabin crew could hear me from coach if I ever made a call in-flight.

I weighed in on my fellow BoardingArea.com blogger Kevin's post " about Virgin Atlantic introducing full Mobile Communications on-board" and voted the "only in an emergency" option.

Thankfully our Delta CEO seems to have no plans to allow cell phone use on our Delta jets any time shortly as you can see at the end of the interview from THIS post about the opening of the ATL airport the other day. And in case you missed it in the news a few weeks back, there was an incident on a Delta flight where a customer, who btw develops VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) apps, got in deep trouble for trying an in-flight call as you can see HERE.

I can tell you, and I am betting many readers will agree, that many of our fellow flyers are over the top loud on their phones in the Delta Skyclubs! One of the reasons I go to the Skyclub is for peace and quiet from the "din" in and around the gate area. Think  about the idea of one of these types of people going from loud there to loud on the plane for hours! That would make me completely over the top nuts. So just to be clear, I am 100% against even the idea of allowing calls in-flight! We are tightly packed at the same time in an already loud environment. We do not need to add to the noise and I hope Delta keeps the ban in place. Do you agree? - Rene