The friendly skies are not so affable when it comes to using cell phones on commercial airliners.

Nearly half of U.S. residents say they would oppose allowing cell phone use aboard flights even whether there were no issues with the phones interfering with aircraft communications systems, a branch of Transportation survey finds. About four out of 10 residents said cell phone use should definitely or probably be permitted.

But, as any parent of a teenager could have predicted, there

is a cell phone generation gap. Among residents aged 65 and older, about 60 percent oppose cell phone use in flight, while less than a third support it.

For humans aged 18 to 34, nearly half support cell phone use in flight, while a little by a third oppose it, the survey found.

The opinions on in-flight cell phone use were part of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ annual household survey, which questioned […]

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