Survey shows that most Americans don’t want in-flight cellphone calls - 74% want in-flight data, not calls
Posted by Will on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 at 5:18 pm under Announcements, Research
How many of you out there want to sit next to a self-absorbed, inconsiderate “loud-talker” on your next 12-hour intercontinental flight? We thought so.
A new survey from Harris Interactive basically confirms what we’ve been saying forever - most Americans really don’t want in-flight cellphone calls. Of the 2,030 US adults polled in the survey, 74% want in-flight cellular services strictly limited to the non-talking variety. While the prospect of having to listen to a seat-neighbor’s aching bunion is frightening to most people, it seems that in-flight data services (email, text messaging, web browsing, etc.) would be a welcome distraction from the yelling babies and strange odors polluting the cabin.
Not that cellular voice-services are going to make it into airplanes anytime soon, but it’s nice to know that most of you out there are probably just as averse to letting airline passengers chat away in ignorance. Still, if voice-calls ever do make their way into the cabin, 69% of those surveyed indicated that a special talking-zone would be an acceptable compromise to keep the loud-talkers isolated.
Here’s to hoping that cellphone voice services are never allowed inside an airborne airliner…
