Mobile Phones On Planes!!!

The EU (European Union) has announced the upcoming facilitation and legalization of mobile phone usage on aircraft. As great as this is going to be for some people, I can't help but feel that this is going to be a double-edged sword. People using their phones on planes is going to cause no end of grief as far as I'm concerned. Sure there will be some excellent reasons for allowing this usage, but I for one would love to have some areas where I can sit in relative peace.

As anyone who travels on public transit can attest, many people just don't care enough or have enough consideration to prevent themselves from assaulting our ears with loud ringtones, loud personal conversations or even as is the case for many of the younger generation, playing their music loudly on the awful sounding handsets without the aid of headphones.

Look for incidents where folks end up in fights and being arrested because they refuse to show some consideration on long haul flights and have long conversations the keep other passengers awake. It's all a bad idea and I hope they make it as expensive as possible.