Sorry...I couldn't resist a Snakes On A Plane Joke
Really? Word? Apparently, Association of Professional Flight Attendants has waged a mini-war against some passengers on American Airlines who just can't wait until they get into the privacy of their own homes. I'm guessing since JetBlue and Southwest have already mandated restrictions on their web access, this should be no problem for the lovely people at American. Seriously, how much damage can the passengers do with only one free hand...
More after the jump...
Mary Schlangenstein of Bloomberg.com reports:
In-flight Internet use poses a new challenge for airlines as they balance their cabins' close quarters with the push to offer more amenities to win business and boost revenue from sources other than fares.AMR Corp.'s American began selling access on some cross-country flights on Aug. 20.
It's a tricky door to open,'' said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy and Information Center in Washington. ``Where do you draw the line once you start policing the information your customers can access?''
Wow...I never thought I'd see the day were people would be so bold as to share their personal adult and in some cases violent movie interest in an enclosed space for hours at a time. This could be the worst thing to hit our society since vacation slide show administered by the parental unit.