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-

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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?