sorry to butt in but if there is one thing I can't stand, it's this cell phone debate. I see absolutely no reason why it should be illegal to talk on a cell phone while in flight. I've been doing it for hours and hours between commutes (VFR mind you) and there is no such thing as interference with cell phones and radios, they operate completely seperate from one another and there is no interaction between the two. The reason the FCC bans the use of cell phones in flight is because when you're traveling at an altitude greater than sea level and going faster than 100mph, the remote towers have a slight problem defining where your signal is going to be transfered. This doesn't slow anything down and the end result is either you get a signal or you don't (hence the whole bad reception in flight deal). The FCC also doesn't want to be liable in case something does happen, but the chances of that are slim to none. I don't know about the rest of you but I'm not going to dish out $10,000 to install a "FCC certified air phone" in my plane and then pay $80 a month for the service when I can just call my company/friend 25 miles from my destination to have them pick me up on time for free. It's lame, it's ridiculous and it's the same reason they don't let you listen to your CD player during take-off on the commercial airlines (what is that all about?). If somebody would like to prove me wrong, by all means go ahead, however my research and experience have shown no direct correlation or causality between cell phone use and radio interference.
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