Call for Alarm: Readers Voice Their Opinions on Airplane Cell Phone Use

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Have you ever hurriedly sent a last-minute text message during take-off, or disembarked from a plane only to find that you forgot to turn off your cell phone off in the first place? Now that some foreign airlines are allowing in-cabin calls, it's becoming clear that the reasons why airlines keep our cell phones in the locked position might have less to do with scientific evidence and more to do with public opinion.