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Did Your Cell Phone Cause An Airline Delay? You Might Have To Pay! |
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Written by Instinct Staff |
Sunday, 01 April 2012
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| Tags: airlines, cell, phone, cell phone, cell phone use, new york city, newark, laguardia, jfk, john f kennedy airport, fines |
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Be honest. You all do it. The flight attendant tells everyone to power down their phones, laptops and other electronics and you turn everything off but your phone. Whether you're sending a last text message or chatting up someone on one of “those” apps, if you're flying through New York and you don't turn off your phone when you're told to-- you may have to pay up! Get the costly details after the jump!
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency responsible for running La Guardia, Newark and J.F.K. Airports, is looking at instituting a policy in which passengers whom cause a delay at one of the New York area airports for not obeying crewmembers instructions, specifically for cell phone use, may have to pay a fine to help offset the cost of the delay and calling the Police.
“On a regular basis we’re having issues where planes have to come back to the gate because of disruptive passengers... We’re looking to cut down on the number of incidents that require police response and reduce the amount of time and money airlines lose because of these incidents” said Steve Coleman, spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told MSNBC.
Don't plan on paying your fine? The Executive Director of the agency, Pat Foye, also noted to CBS New York that they are prepared to take civil action against passengers who don't pay up: “We don’t want to add to the amount of litigation in the courts but where there’s egregious behavior, those who are inconsiderate in the use of their cell phones and engaged in illegal activity once the airplane doors have been closed [disobeying crewmembers instructions] that’s an option that we’ve got and in the right case we’ll bring a suit.”
What's your Instinct on this proposed rule? Is this taking cell phone use on airplanes too far or is it right to fine those who break the current law?
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The cell phone off rule is a safety one. Another passenger should not be allowed to jeopardize my safety, nor should he or she go unpunished for wasting my time by having to return to the gate. Fine them.