Just read this bit over at Geekwire, and was struck by one key thing.
Delta CEO: In-flight cell phone calls would be a ‘disruption to the travel experience’
Delta CEO Richard Anderson wrote up a memo to 80,000 Delta employees notifying them that even if the U.S. Federal Communications Commission decides to allow cell phone calling in the air, Delta customers won’t be able to do so.
Makes me wonder how Delta would actually enforce this. Will they re-route their flights and throw someone off the plane who isn’t doing something technically illegal?
More importantly, I expect this to be a lingering hold-out. Once this proverbial “cat it out of it’s bag”, consumers will be expecting to use their phones in flight quite soon. That transition should happen quickly.
For me? I’ll buy noise-cancelling headphones before my next flight.