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197 haul Airbus A318) but the French program will run for six months. At the end of each flight, passengers will fill out a questionnaire for feed- back on the service. I wonder if one of the questions will be, "Did you want to shove that person sitting next to you out the window?" Yet the talking won't come cheap. Since cell phone towers don't reach 35,000 feet into the air, the cellular signals will be converted into satellite communications that will vault into space and then connect to a ground network. Consequently, calls could cost up to $2.50, which could deter a lot of chatterboxes. Back in America. Here in the United States, Jet Blue CEO David Neeleman said in April that texting could have a future in American skies. He also said listening to voice mail could be allowed, as long as ringtones and mes- sage alerts are silenced. Voice calls would still be prohibited, so you'll be able to enjoy your blue potato chips in relative peace and quiet. Neeleman didn't say when, or even if, his airline would start a test pro- gram for in-flight texting, though. Will it happen? So what does the future hold? It's difficult to say at the moment, considering policies can differ depending on where you're flying. Both the Federal Aviation Administration and Federal Communications Commission continue to support the ban, which dates back to 1991. Back in April the FCC ended a two-year investigation into the ban by saying it still hadn't received enough technical information to prove that using cell phones and other gadgets doesn't interfere with an aircraft's navigation and communication systems. The FAA is still conducting a similar study but I'd be surprised if they recommended anything different. European skies may soon be a different story, however. In June, the European Union's equivalent to the FAA approved a plan by Airbus to bring cell phone use to the skies. Developed in partnership with a company called SITA, the OnAir system will allow passengers to send and receive not only e-mails and text messages but also full-blown