Mobile phones may the coming thing with Ryanair (see ABTN 4 September) but the idea has not gone down well with Monarch passengers.
In a recent online survey conducted by the airline, 67% of travellers claimed that using a cell phone during a flight and having to listen to other people's annoying ring tones would be one of the most disturbing in-flight experiences for them.
Over 1,500 Monarch passengers responded to the survey, in which they were asked to identify the three things that would annoy them the most during a flight.
Top of the table with 78% was the person sitting behind them knocking their seat, with this being closely followed by the person in front of them reclining their seat (69%).
Despite the use of mobile phones not currently being permitted on flights, passengers clearly believe that their use would be a huge irritant and voted it into third place (67%), beating having to sit next to a smelly type (53%).
http://www.flymonarch.com