No, No, a thousand times No! We lived for thousands of years without them, so we can certainly live without them on a flight.
If, however it does become law, and someone next to, or even near me intrudes into my space in that manner...I will start singing...badly!
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956