Originally Posted by Crazy4Birds

Another side to this is that many of us do not want to be subjected to people screaming on in-flight phones, trying to be heard over the engine noise, while we are in the enclosed space of an aircraft. Some people even find it necessary to scream on the ground to be heard on their cell phones after landing/before departing. Sounds like the MD-80 may have a marketing ploy, after all---'peace in the sky'...Maybe airplanes will one day have little soundproof booths for people who can't stand to be 'out of touch'...