Comments on: Video Chat on the Plane? Illegal? OK? Legal Gray Area?

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:38:00 +0000

You can Facebook Video Chat!

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:33:00 +0000

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By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:08:00 +0000

Lets settle this and say that their is nothing unlawful about it and that the flight attendant was just saying that because it can annoy other people.

By: Ed Sanders

Ed Sanders — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:10:31 +0000

Mathew,
I don't know seems like the name calling worked. It's the best way to point out what most people are thinking anyway, also yeah I should proof my posts, I'll give you that one. And yes the third party thing is still not relevant. There is a big difference between ichat and a conversation and if you can't tell the diff well then my .edu friend don't do either as you would surely annoy the people around you either way.

sheeesh

By: Rainsy

Rainsy — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:48:43 +0000

Gotta agree with everyone who thinks this is a no-no.
It all gets down to manners, I would,not want someone sitting beside me bellowing into a phone, etc (everyone seems to talk louder into an electronic device)
But then my idea of a good plane trip is a good book and/or time to relax and have a sleep.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:39:09 +0000

My guess is, and it’s just a guess, that with the headphones on, your voice was louder than usual and you were annoying the Hell out of people around you, which is how the flight attendant became aware of what you were doing and put a stop to it.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:01:32 +0000

I'm confused. Ed, Debbie, why is it rude to talk on a cell-phone or web chat but not rude to chat to that same person when they are standing or sitting next to you. How is it that two people next to you chatting doesn't disturb you and yet one person chatting does?

Isn't it more about how the person conducts the conversation? If they shout or talk with an excessive volume then, yes, i could understand your dismay. But that applies to all senarios.

Perhaps you could

By: ~Aural*Exciter~

~Aural*Exciter~ — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:53:03 +0000

commenting on:
"it's a felony to disobey *requests* from any member of the flight staff".
Now this is a conundrum, for obviously, the [said] request...ain't. It's an ORDER, or DEMAND. (unless, of course, it's used as a noun, but then it needs to be presented in writing, within a legal paper or contract container. But I digress...)

By: New Jersey SEO

New Jersey SEO — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:41:15 +0000

I think this is more of an issue of good manners more than anything. I am not saying an airplane flight should be a library, but people want to nap, some are nervous, and some are concentrating on work.

By: Matthew Chaboud

Matthew Chaboud — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:42:16 +0000

Rox,
I'm curious about how you use video and signing. How fast do you think that you can speak by signing as compared to typing? I'm surprised that a cursory search doesn't turn up ASL->Text web-cam products. I find only limited research.

Nonetheless, I suspect that the technophobes around here are crafting some sort of moral outrage just for you.

Next they'll claim a right to have you not waiving your hands in their peripheral vision. Heaven forbid someone merely have a preference that they don't claim as a right.

The idyllic world being one where everyone operates in silence in public places is the world imagined by those with no friends. Whether that's cause or effect is a question for another day.