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IP: more on Airline grounds in-flight phone service
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 11:42:35 -0500
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 08:39:02 -0800 From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari () OLTECO com> At 8:56 AM -0500 2/7/02, David Farber wrote:From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Airline grounds in-flight phone service By Sam Ames Staff Writer, CNET News.com February 6, 2002, 4:20 PM PT <http://news.com.com/2100-1033-831093.html>Airlines are throwing away those phones built into the seats, and they're blaming it all on cell phones. American Airlines will discontinue its AT&T in-flight phone service by March 31, a spokesman for the airline said Wednesday.Interesting spin by Sam Ames...but the reality is that AT&T Wireless is leaving the in-flight phone business claiming that "aviation no longer fits into At&T's long-term business plan" according to Mark Siegel of AT&T Wireless. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29928-2002Feb5.html The more troubling thing about this is the fact that during the 9/11 hijackings, passengers used in-flight phones AND cell phones to contact loved ones, relatives, and authorities. Severing in-flight service will leave only cell phones for emergency communication use by passengers...which, of course, is prohibited by the FAA.
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