On-board Mobile Phones to be Allowed in Scandinavia soon

could you also use CD/MD-Players and Laptops?

I can’t speak for other airlines but you already can on BA flights and most other UK carriers.

1L.

I wonder, if you can soon use mobiles on the flight, could you also use CD/MD-Players and Laptops?
Of course, without disturbing other passengers! 🙂

Surely there is something wrong with a business that is so vulnerable it cannot be without a key employee for a few hours. Don’t these poor b*stards deserve a rest? I’ve been there myself, running a subsidiary of a British company in Scandinavia, but in those days, when called home, it was a 24-hour boat trip (had to take the company car with me) and I used to get on board and crash out, waking once on the voyage to have a decent meal. During that period my responsibilities were delegated, and if necessary some things just had to wait.
My point is that in a properly organised business no-one should be indispensable, and it is a sad reflection on this day and age that everything is so frenetic that even an hour or two of delay seems like the end of the world.
Yes, I am still working (but as a freelance), so I still know what it’s like out there, but I “just say no” to my customers and they respect and understand that at certain times I am just unavailable. This explains why I get irritated on the train at people who spend the whole trip talking to the office while sat near me, in the worst case in the next seat. I’ve had my heart attack, and learned my lesson!
Gripe over!

I would say the opposite is true. On longhaul flights people pretty much write off the day for travelling, on shorthaul the flight is a bit of an inconvenience sometime in their working day. With the mobile they can carry on working.

Mobiles onboard is something I never want to see, but I’m sure it’s only a matter of time.

I can see it now, people getting arsey when you interupt them to ask what they want to drink, people in row 22 complaining about the prat in row 3 talking too loudly, the deafening roar of 50 Club pax trying to out-business-talk each other, and the whole traveller cabin calling their friends to say “guess where I am!”.

Oh dear!

1L.

I agree about it not being the case on long haul but only for East bound as people usually sleep. On West bound biz pax will usually be working on laptops etc. Currently you can use skype through Lufthansa Broadband onboard so you could technically call someone if you “topped up” your skype.

It depends what type of business too. One involved in an element of “real time processing” or “live” systems or whatever may need to contact someone urgently. A company who are not involved in time or operational critical things would probably be able to do without.

You would think the average businessman would enjoy the peace and quiet. I know my dad when travelling back from London switches the phone off, as it means he gets 2 hours peace!

This is important for Long Haul, not so important for short haul. Havent DLH expressed an interest?

I would say the opposite is true. On longhaul flights people pretty much write off the day for travelling, on shorthaul the flight is a bit of an inconvenience sometime in their working day. With the mobile they can carry on working.

Mobiles onboard is something I never want to see, but I’m sure it’s only a matter of time.

I can see it now, people getting arsey when you interupt them to ask what they want to drink, people in row 22 complaining about the prat in row 3 talking too loudly, the deafening roar of 50 Club pax trying to out-business-talk each other, and the whole traveller cabin calling their friends to say “guess where I am!”.

Oh dear!

1L.

This is important for Long Haul, not so important for short haul. Havent DLH expressed an interest?

Especially selfish b:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:s who think they’ve got a divine right to bellow vapid inanities into their mobiles in the Quiet Coach on Virgin Trains.

I’ve experienced exactly the same on South West Trains in their “Quiet Coaches”.

I certainly wouldn’t need a telephone on any flight, regardless of its length, but for business travellers going from side of the country to the other, it would be ideal. Hopefully, once the year-long trial period is up, the idea will be abolished.

I’m 100% behind Papa Lima on this one.

It’s as bad on trains.

Especially selfish b:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:s who think they’ve got a divine right to bellow vapid inanities into their mobiles in the Quiet Coach on Virgin Trains.

Who absolutely needs to use a phone on a 1 or 2 hour flight?
I may be in a minority, but I hate them being used in confined spaces when I want some peace and quiet!
PS I have asked the Webbie to correct my ghastly typos in the title, since I can’t do it!

But for those passengers who need to use a phone but don’t want to fork out over-the-odds for an airline’s own inflight telephone, it’s ideal.