US Airlines To Maintain Cell Phone Ban - Friendly Skies Remain Friendly For Now

"Even with European carriers implementing new in-flight cellphone laws, the FAA and FCC tell Popular Mechanics that they remain uninterested in letting you take your iPhone to American skies. Sooner or later, PM's airline correspondent finds, they might just have to give in to demand - and that chatterbox sitting next to you."

You think road rage is bad, wait until an incident of air rage pops up from someone in a not so great mood looses his/her cool when some self-important guy blathers on the phone in his loud boisterous voice about nothing for 3 hours. Flying is stressful and uncomfortable enough without having to endure someone yelling into the phone because they are having a hard time hearing who is on the other end, despite the fact the person on the other end is probably holding the phone about 6 inches from their ear because of the yelling.