We couldn’t agree more with the resounding opinion of majority of Americans surveyed by Harris Interactive regarding in-flight calls, under a commissioned study by Yahoo, . Results of the study showed that majority of Americans surveyed want mobile phone usage on airplanes restricted to the phone’s silent features - e-mail, text, and IM. 74% of those surveyed by Harris Interactive want to allow non-voice phone usage, while the rest do not want in-flight mobile phone use at all.
Although there is still an ongoing debate on whether US passenger aircrafts would allow mobile phone use in-flight, the study highlighted the fact the most U.S. consumers will not object if ever the US authorities would allow such usage.
However, 69% of the respondents said that if ever mobile phone usage will be allowed in-flight including voice calls, they want aircraft operators to provide a designated place inside the airplanes where passengers can talk on their mobile phones. Interestingly, majority of the respondents who belong in the older age brackets, and women were the ones who are more likely to agree than their younger and male counterpart.
Could this be an indication that younger and male passengers prefer to have their peace and quiet while in-flight?
We couldn’t agree more with the resounding opinion of majority of Americans surveyed by Harris Interactive regarding in-flight calls, under a commissioned study by Yahoo, . Results of the study showed that majority of Americans surveyed want mobile phone usage on airplanes restricted to the phone’s silent features - e-mail, text, and IM. 74% of those surveyed by Harris Interactive want to allow non-voice phone usage, while the rest do not want in-flight mobile phone use at all.
Although there is still an ongoing debate on whether US passenger aircrafts would allow mobile phone use in-flight, the study highlighted the fact the most U.S. consumers will not object if ever the US authorities would allow such usage.
However, 69% of the respondents said that if ever mobile phone usage will be allowed in-flight including voice calls, they want aircraft operators to provide a designated place inside the airplanes where passengers can talk on their mobile phones. Interestingly, majority of the respondents who belong in the older age brackets, and women were the ones who are more likely to agree than their younger and male counterpart.
Could this be an indication that younger and male passengers prefer to have their peace and quiet while in-flight?
Via [Into Mobile] Via [Yahoo Press Room]
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