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Southwest Airlines passenger cited for cell phone chatter

A Southwest Airlines passenger who refused to get off his cell phone during a flight found Dallas police waiting for him Monday.

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May 13, 2008
 
Hope they put this moron in jail!
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May 13, 2008
 
For a guy who obviously loves to spend time on his phone, why didn't he return the phone call from the reporter? Fine this guy the $25K that Southwest could have been cited.
I Hate Cell Phones
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May 13, 2008
 
Can I call the cops next time I have to listen to an obscenity-laced diatribe or a blow-by-blow account of someone's sex life on a crowded bus? On second thought, can I grab the cell phone, step on it with steel toed shoes, and hand it back to the owner?
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May 13, 2008
 
I Hate Cell Phones wrote:
Can I call the cops next time I have to listen to an obscenity-laced diatribe or a blow-by-blow account of someone's sex life on a crowded bus? On second thought, can I grab the cell phone, step on it with steel toed shoes, and hand it back to the owner?
Shame on you! Taking your anger out on a poor, defenseless phone. It's not the cell phone. It's the loser user using it!!! Grab the gabber and stomp on him or her with those steel toed shoes. I use a cell phone too but I choose not to yap yap yap away on it in crowds.
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May 13, 2008
 
great!!! more people should be cited for their cell phone use on planes. i have flown so many times where the attendants have to keep repeating themselves to tell someone to get off the phone. everyone on the plane doesnt need to hear some a-hole's personal business.
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May 13, 2008
 
Maybe he was calling his monkee buddies.
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May 13, 2008
 
This guy was on the news last night and he was so arrogant about the whole ordeal. Blamed everybody but himself. SO now of course he is going to sue.
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May 13, 2008
 
Another person who thinks only of themselves. I hope a judge fines the hell out of him.
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May 13, 2008
 
I once had to tell a lady to turn it off or lose it after she was warned 3 times by the flight crew.

With everything that can go wrong on an airplane why risk it.
ummm wrote:
great!!! more people should be cited for their cell phone use on planes. i have flown so many times where the attendants have to keep repeating themselves to tell someone to get off the phone. everyone on the plane doesnt need to hear some a-hole's personal business.
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May 13, 2008
 
Joe David Jones is an idiot. It's a 3 hour drive from Austin to Dallas. Taking into account the flight time and the time getting to and leaving from the airport, I bet he could've arrived only half an hour later (maybe an hour). And he could have talked to whole way.
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May 13, 2008
 
I Hate Cell Phones wrote:
Can I call the cops next time I have to listen to an obscenity-laced diatribe or a blow-by-blow account of someone's sex life on a crowded bus? On second thought, can I grab the cell phone, step on it with steel toed shoes, and hand it back to the owner?
Absolutely, it's the law!
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#12
May 13, 2008
 
What do you expect? Nothing but low lifes fly Southworst. You have a higher class of people on a Greyhound bus than you do on Southworst.
Their reservation center at Midway is ridiculous too. A bunch of losers who could care less about the customer. They ought to fire them all!!!
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May 13, 2008
 
Thomas wrote:
This guy was on the news last night and he was so arrogant about the whole ordeal. Blamed everybody but himself. SO now of course he is going to sue.
Fine the SOB!!!
How arrogant is this idiot to threaten to sue the airline for trying to enforce a federal law!
I think $5,000 would be a nice amount! Maybe it would teach this moron that he's NOT above the law!
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May 13, 2008
 
I am surprised other passengers did not step up and force this guy to shut it. No one wants to get involved.
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May 13, 2008
 
He got off easy, only disorderly conduct?
Being as Southwest did not allow the cell phone use and the ban was clearly violated the $25K fine should fall the passenger. A**hole.
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#16
May 13, 2008
 
I think what Southwest Airlines did was within the safety guidelines of the FAA. Cell phones can cause interference with the communications equipment on the airplane which could ultimately lead to a disaster either in the air or on the ground. I have heard reports of both the tower and the pilots saying they have heard cell phone conversations over their headsets
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#17
May 13, 2008
 
At least he wasn't showing too much cleavage. That seems to be what usually drives Southwest nuts.
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#18
May 13, 2008
 
Submitted for your approval...a man flying at 50,000 feet who sees a gremlin out his aircraft window trying to rip off an engine...he desparately uses his cell phone to call 911 to alert the police, but is repeatedly chastised by flight attendants who say he is crazy...On landing he is taken into custody...but THE CLAW MARKS ON THE WING REMAIN.
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May 13, 2008
 
Willlie wrote:
I am surprised other passengers did not step up and force this guy to shut it. No one wants to get involved.
The day someone sitting near me on a flight gets on a cell phone is the day I get arrested for assault.
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#20
May 13, 2008
 
Now, if we could get people to quit yapping on the trains and buses - who cares that you stayed out until 3 am, lost your panties, and are too hungover to work AND we have to hear it for the next 8 stops. Shut up!
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