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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

In Flight calls Still not Possible for Business Travelers





When you are making a business travel and when you are inside the plane surely you are not allowed to use your phone. Most of the business people in the market make the phone as their best buddy all the time in staying connected to the other business people but most of all inside your business company. Some of the business travelers are having the hard time with this kind of situation as they are traveling but it is really prohibited to use phones while on the plane. Mostly the business travelers are making the best that they can in order to make the all best for the company and since they are travelling all the time to monitor their expense travel expense programs are one of the most travelers widely used to know the expenses that they have while on the trip.

Current government policies prohibit individuals from making calls on their cell phones during the course of air travel. Many business travelers who rely on their mobile phones to stay connected to the office, however, wish that this rule would change. After all, they can use their cell phone's applications while they're in the air, to check their email, update their expense report or complete other tasks. However, they're not currently allowed to call into the office to check in.

That certainly may change soon. A recent report from Business Travel News detailed how the U.S. Department of Transportation began soliciting public comments this week on whether or not they should lift the ban on in-flight calls. Though most were against the idea, some individuals - such as Jason Rabinowitz, quoted below - were in favor of the change, and supported the idea of phone calls being allowed during the course of a flight.

"I believe that voice calls should be allowed on aircraft," said Rabinowitz, according to the news outlet. "Many airlines across the world have had this feature for years with not a single recorded instance of abuse or passenger fights."

Though most respondents came out against the proposed change, some individuals did argue for the cause of making cell phone calls from the friendly skies. One other supporter cited by the news source noted that other transportation services do not require comparable restrictions, for example.

"As it stands now, cell phones are not banned in similar situations on other forms of transportation, and it seems to be an unreasonable intrusion into the freedom of both the airlines and their passengers for the government to ban their use," claimed respondent Matthew Walters, according to the Business Travel News Report.

In the other hand for the meantime using the phones while on the flight is still prohibited but maybe somehow sooner this law will allow most of the business travelers to use their phones as they are needed.

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