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Passengers who refuse to use headphones can now be kicked off United flights (https://www.cnn.com)

194 points by edward about 23 hours ago | 230 comments | View on ycombinator

pjmlp about 23 hours ago |

Is this really a thing?!? Blasting the others with unwanted noise.

I never been in a flight, or train across Europe where passengers showed just lack of respect for the others.

The only ones pumping anything loud, on trains or busses, usually get quickly pointed down by other passengers, personal or security.

Ah, and then there are the rebellious kids or gangs, as the other exception, which usually don't take flights anyway.

gnabgib about 23 hours ago |

Discussion (18 points, 15 days ago, 15 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47276399

mikkupikku about 23 hours ago |

At cruising altitude, I hope.

lucasay about 21 hours ago |

Feels less like malice and more like people just not thinking about others. Still, on a plane you’re stuck for hours—rules like this make sense.

b3ing about 21 hours ago |

They tell people not to do it on busses but it still happens, typically people are more respectful at night but not always. However I never worry about terrorists on the bus, they would get jacked up fast

HPsquared about 23 hours ago |

I assume it's about blasting others with noise, not company sponsored headphones.

userbinator about 18 hours ago |

I don't understand how people can stand the sound of the plane itself and whatever they're listening to on top of that. I consider IEMs or ANC TWS to be necessary whenever I'm on a flight, and that's even without listening to anything else.

dalmo3 about 21 hours ago |

PSA: get an etymotic in ear phones, play some quiet music, and forget you're flying. Those things become your eardrums.

https://etymotic.com/product/er2xr-earphones/

temporallobe about 23 hours ago |

Good.

SilverElfin about 23 hours ago |

We need to also ban people taking calls on speaker in public places like cafes or trains.

keiferski about 23 hours ago |

I first interpreted the title as meaning you must use the cheapo free headphones and aren’t allowed to use your own.

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latand6 about 21 hours ago |

I was a passenger that was asked NOT to use the headphones regularly. Not from USA though

verdverm about 23 hours ago |

An app you can use to play back their audio on a short delay that messes with the brain

https://github.com/Pankajtanwarbanna/stfu

hxorr about 22 hours ago |

This sounds like a USA problem..

petermcneeley about 22 hours ago |

raggi about 23 hours ago |

Ok, but how about kicking sick people off of flights, particularly trans continental?

standardUser about 22 hours ago |

They should be stripped of all citizenship and left to live out their life roaming the airport. But this is a start.

paxys about 23 hours ago |

Good, now do the same for public transit.

dmitrygr about 23 hours ago |

Yes! Now do the same on beaches, busses, streets. Same punishment: banishment from the area.

osti about 23 hours ago |

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fleroviumna about 5 hours ago |

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nexxuz about 23 hours ago |

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general1465 about 21 hours ago |

On one hand I understand why this exists, but on the other hand, I don't think it is even necessary. There is so much noise during the flight, and combined with lower atmospheric pressure I can barely hear what steward standing next to me is saying.

austin-cheney about 23 hours ago |

I agree with the policy but this is such a mild offense. Just a few years ago in the US there was an epidemic of drunk people savagely beating flight attendants.

People who cannot figure out how to share use of shared space should lose access to those places.

ashwinnair99 about 23 hours ago |

Airlines have been quietly expanding what they can remove you for. This isn't really about headphones. It's about how much discretion crew have now and how little recourse you have at 35,000 feet.