It didn't take long, but experimentation with WI-FI access on airplanes has already become problematic. American Airlines' flight attendants want filters installed to prevent in-flight porn viewing. It takes a certain bodaciousness to visit XXX sites in public; but then again, there are those who aim to join the "Mile High Club," so who can really be surprised at this development? Yet, as the article in CNet explains
Given that people are packed onto planes literally elbow to elbow, it's often hard not to at least glance at the laptop screen of the person sitting next to you. But airlines have not banned people from reading pornographic magazines or watching their own DVDs on flights. And it's just as easy for someone to view a DVD of an adult video on a laptop or flip through Hustler as it is to surf porn Web sites.
The truth is that it hasn't been a major problem on flights thus far. In fact, American Airline's spokesman Tim Smith told Bloomberg that the "vast majority" of customers already use good judgment in what's appropriate to look at while flying versus what's not.
To be sure, the airlines should be concerned about creating an environment for its employees - and customers - that could be deemed sexual harassment. I'm willing to trust my fellow passengers to have the good sense to leave the porn surfing for home. But if any of them tries to use VOIP - I say ban them from flying for life!
