Of active runways and cell usage by Puneet Rajhans

Of active runways and cell usage by Puneet Rajhans

Reports suggest that the Civil Aviation Regulatory body has cleared the use of cell when the aircraft has landed and cleared the active runway. It wants to relieve the passengers of the stress they are subjected to when they are deprived of the cell usage depending on the amount of hours the flight takes to reach the destination . The new order spells out that once the active runway is cleared you can use the cell. Probably the time taken after having cleared the active runway and reaching the stationary position is four to seven minutes - and this is a much-needed breather considering the sensitivity of countrymen to stay rooted to their loved ones in office, home, parks and parking lot (the identity of the latter two never gets revealed to the outside world).
What are the shape of activities that the cell usage would have led to for the duration it has been banned. Probably the airborne duration which effectively means is the period lost in transition which most of the countrymen believe their compatriots/bosses could have taken care of. The activities lost out on are as follows.
- the need to keep a tab on the loved ones and the areas they have infiltrated that they were prohibited from.
- the need to keep bosses informed that wheels of company file are moving fast as much more than anticipated crowd in the govt departments have been obliged with.
- the need to tell the grown up kids torn between love and lust that love blossoms when college happens. The school stuff should be confined to exchange of cards and greetings.
- the need to send reminders to sons and daughters (including step and half ones) that distress sale of the property won't happen in his/her lifetime even though they are past 50s.
And finally for the political party hopping neta the need to tell the party workers and aam janata that he along with other party colleagues are bringing pressure on the telecomwallahs to provide one cell talktime free of cost for the next two years if one has cell connection from the same operator.

THe regulatory body lifted the ban following the govt pressure which believed that any more continuance of the blanket ban on cell would have led the public to back out on issues close to the govt heart. Which are these issues could be better understood once govt starts lifting the blanket ban on areas and activities (prohibited so far)in the near future. Any wild guess would do given the govt's desire to give more freedom and space to a crowd that is looking for private space for a string of activities that are strictly private.
The govt's logic on going slow on the ban is due to various factors. First, for recovering tax dues that run into millions and millions and restoring public order through erection of toll plazas on all designated highways the effort would have gone kaput had the public said a BIG NO. When the govt declares with certainty that it would have a record tax collection in a financial year it is done with the understanding that all big and small companies in big and small sectors, aam janata and all those who have continuously reposed faith in tax havens would partially comply with the tax policies of the govt. A unison stand by this lot could well erase the chances of the govt to see its agenda through and turn the regime to history.
So with the ban having been relaxed the govt wants the public to speak more on issues of their personal comfort and discomfort to their loved ones as most of the conversations on flight are on the probability of the govt being thrown and replaced by a friendly one. So for giving the best platform for people to air their personal grievances concerning their personal lives it has been discovered that cell is the best form of exchange. For professional grievances, the cell usage is allowed for a limited duration - given the nature of colleagues and unidentified elements to keep a tab on you - as the govt intends to set up a separate ministry that would address the grievances and its bloating nature in the right earnest.
As for airborne passengers it has been decided to apprise them with the policies of the govts, state and centre, with the literature to be distributed to them on board. The literature would be on states from where the flight would pass through. This would be free of cost and adjusted in the air tariff.