Originally Posted by
bennos
The part I am specifically addressing here is the assertion that people have a right to talk on planes. Airplanes are governed by FAA regulations and company policies. I am asking for a citation of a regulation or a Delta policy specifically enumerating the right to (or, for that matter, prohibiting) talk on planes.
When you find your regulation or delta policy addressing right to talk on planes, please post. I think you will be looking for a long time.
As long as people are talking at normal levels for conversation, then it's my responsibility to wear ear phones if I want silence. The same for people getting up to use the restroom. If someone uses it during a red eye, it might wake me up, but I can't blame a passenger for "having to go". I use the same standards on red-eyes as flights during the day. Just because I want to sleep on a red-eye doesn't mean fellow passengers have to sleep or have to be silent or whisper.