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I can’t imagine being stuck next to a babbling 15 year old girl literally 1.5 ft from my ear for six hours. And no, noise cancelling headphones are not good en
by BenFranklin100 4y ago
I can’t imagine being stuck next to a babbling 15 year old girl literally 1.5 ft from my ear for six hours.
And no, noise cancelling headphones are not good enough to drown out conversation at this close a distance. And plenty of people get upgraded to first on parents miles such that first class carriage is no guarantee. Hopefully the market will sort this out and offer ‘quiet flights’ or fare classes.
- josephcsible 4y agoWhy would talking on the phone during a flight have to be handled any differently than listening to music or talking to a seatmate are?
- BenFranklin100 4y agoTalking to a seat mate stranger for several hours is far less common and the persons doing so are usually not literally in next seat inches from ones ear. I’ve also noticed people on phones tend to talk louder. Listening to music on a plane is nearly universally done through headphones.
- josephcsible 4y agoI don't necessarily mean a stranger. I mean a group of people who know each other and are flying together. As for headphones, there's no reason they couldn't be used for the listening half of the call.
- lozenge 4y agoOn one level it doesn't matter why we find it more annoying to overhear a phone call - we just do. On another, psychology studies found "When trying to concentrate on a test, students found that overhearing someone talking on the phone was more intrusive than a two-sided conversation."
- BenFranklin100 4y agoJust wanted to add that middle-aged business men on corporate conference calls are among the worst offenders, as anyone who frequently takes the Acela can attest.
- notRobot 4y ago15 year old girls don't call anymore. Calls are out, texting is in.