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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/

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.

During flights? Sounds a bit harsh.

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.

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

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

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.

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

At cruising altitude, I hope.

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

This sounds like a USA problem..

Good.

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

https://github.com/Pankajtanwarbanna/stfu

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

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

Obligatory Spock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr82dZpCr48

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

Good, now do the same for public transit.

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

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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.

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.