INFORMEDdebate
PHOTODISC
Should cell-phone use
The Federal Communications
YES
om members:
Jennifer Slaten
Highland, UT
What better time to
take and make phone
calls and cross things
off your to-do list than
when you’re stuck on
an airplane?
Sumit Mehta
Houston, TX
As long as it doesn’t
interfere with the
pilot’s communication,
it would allow passen-
gers to communicate
with family and friends.
Raquel Sanguedo
New York, NY
In case of terrorism in
the sky, the use of cell
phones could save lives.
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be allowed in airplanes?
Commission hopes to decide
this year on proposed regulations
that would allow airline passengers
to use cell phones on airplanes. Is
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this the right call? Those opposed
say cell phones create social
Proponents argue that
technology—including
cell-phone communica-
and security concerns.
tion—should not be lim-
INGRAM PUBLISHING
Find out more about this topic on the Web:
www.spectrum.ieee.org/mar06/3069
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11502475
www.aviationtoday.com/cgi/av/show_mag.cgi?pub=av&mon=1005&file=inflightcell.htm
NO
om members:
Nelson Colon
Gilbert, AZ
Nobody is so important
that they can’t be with-
out a cell phone for a
few hours. It’s not
worth it to the rest of
the passengers.
Adrienne Holland
Lafayette, CA
It’s too offensive to
other passengers.
Many callers are loud,
and annoying.
Herb Ruprecht
Superior, CO
I don’t want to listen to
someone’s conversation—especially since
most people talk much
louder on a cell phone.
ited to the ground. What
do you think?
