Cell phones on a plane!: Airbus gets approval in Europe

Uh oh... European airline passengers' dreams of flying the quiet skies might be on their way out as AirBus just received approval for an on-board mobile phone system from the EASA, the European Aircraft Safety Agency (think FAA for Europe.) Apparently, the crew on each flight can set the system to only accept data transmissions (aka "Quiet mode") and everyone will just have to listen to thumb-board clicking, as opposed to the outright yapping of current public transit.  Right now the system is only being rolled out in smaller aircraft designed for short-haul flights, so only an hour of annoyance instead of six.