About time too - I hope Hospotals & Doctor's waiting rooms are next. There is NO proven reason for banning them - just a "fear". I have installed loads of GSM equipment in Surgeries and Hospitals - most Docs carry phones now - the ban is petty and has NO technical grounds. Sorry to rant but my Doc regularly runs an hour or more late with appointments - you loose half a day with a 10am appointment - I have to use the phone to let my customers down!!!!!

Personally I enjoy not having to listen to loud-mouthed people talking on their phones while in an aeroplane.

I agree i think mobiles should not be used whilst on a flight!!

mvc,tameside is completely incorrect in stating there is no technical evidence, in fact his misinformation is dangerous.

There have been numerous studies all coming to the same conclusions;

" Clinically relevant electromagnetic interference (EMI) secondary to mobile phones potentially endangering patients occurred in 45 of 479 devices tested at 900 MHz and 14 of 457 devices tested at 1800 MHz. However, in the largest studies, the prevalence of clinically relevant EMI was low. Most clinically relevant EMI occurred when mobile phones were used within 1 m of medical equipment "

" it is of concern that at least 4% of devices tested in any study were susceptible to clinically relevant EMI. All studies recommend some type of restriction of mobile phone use in hospitals, with use greater than 1 m from equipment and restrictions in clinical areas being the most common "

OH NO... PLEASE NO.... will they have a mobile free section of the plane for anyone who doesn't want to hear other people shouting rubbish into their phones and all the noises of phones going off. why cow tow to these people??

sms: yes.

voice: omfg nonononononono!!!

How can the study by the US aviation watchdog in 2003 confirm that there had never been an accident caused by gadgets interfering with technology...when there is no mobile technology being used regularly by all travellers on a mass scale...are they waiting for an accident to happen to change that finding?? at what cost? absolutely ourageous!