The people of America demand the daily use of electronic devices, especially on airplanes. For most of us it is a way to help time pass. Just think; you are on a twelve-hour flight with nothing to do. There is a talkative elderly person, a crying baby, and a young couple who cannot stop arguing with each other and they are all within your "hearing" limit. These are the main reasons of why we enjoy portable electronic devices (PED's). We crave to utilize laptops, compact disc players, compact video games, I Pods, cell phones, etc. However, what is more important if you are on a plane? That every device made for and on the aircraft will work, or the fact that you are unhappy because you are bored while on your flight.
No one needs to bring back memories or remind us of anything when a person says "Nine Eleven".
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English: Transportation Security Administration: N...Every American is aware of what happened on September 11, 2001 (The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11-pronounced "nine eleven") consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks by Islamic extremists on the United States of America on September 11, 2001. (wikipedia.org)) We all should know and understand why America's security is high at airports. Everyday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are bombarded with complaint calls inquiring why "we" cannot have our devices on at all times. The most common complaint was the hassle of having to turn off and on the devices after just getting settled in their seat. This is what one traveler response was.
"Every airline swears that they are the most "accommodating". Well, we will believe that when we are not ordered to turn off and store away our devices during our whole flight." (Derek Valenzuela,
Overlooked flights
Well written. There was just one point I felt was a little overlooked. I believe the one of the later flights of 9/11 crashed into the ground ground a safe distance from New York and DC because people on that flight turned on their cell phones to tell their family that the plane had been hijacked and their families told them of the situation and people on the flight took action. I would imagine that turning on a phone in an emergency even on a plane is more common place, and that it does save lives, (although not necessarily that of those on the flight.) I would look into cell phone use before flight crashes, cause I knew through association a family who died on the helios flight and people on the plane were said to have texted people back home.
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