In Flight Texting.
Passengers will be able to text questions from their seat-back television screens to an existing land-based text answer service which promises to answer any question within minutes.
"It's a great way to ask for a recommended bar in New York, what's the best way to get over jet-lag, or what's the best way to chat up the cabin crew," a Virgin spokeswoman said.
That's fine and dandy, but this is what scares me.
Air France KLM is running a trial of technology that will enable passengers to use their mobile phones while flying from next year. Low-cost carriers like Ryanair plan to introduce in-flight gambling to earn extra passenger dollars and hopes the use of mobile phones on planes will eventually boost its coffers.
So basically RyanAir will be the Atlantic City in the sky over Europe and Air France-KLM will be the mall or the train. Wouldn't you just love to be stuck on a plane for hours sitting next to someone who thinks it's okay to talk about personal issues on their mobile phone?
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