Exactley what i was thinking.. takes the same amount of time to explain the situation. This is partly the reason we have the problems in society we have today.. this is a grown man.. a role model to his children and this is how he acts? Rude and obnoxious!.. He deserves the way he was treated. Maybe he will learn how to talk to others.. but somehow i doubt it

It doesn't matter what the problem or situation was, rules are rules and no one is exempt from them. No phone, means no phone. Sounds like this guy was stressing because of the situation, but he obviously is an butt himself. Otherwise, it wouldn't had gone to that level of calling the police.

Eva,

That's exactly what I was thinking. Instead of being a prick about it, why couldn't he just tell them his situation? I'm sure they would've been more understanding hearing a panicked passenger worried about his father than a jackass who was instead cussing them out.

Oh, and there has been no proof to show a correlation between cell phone usage and interference with a plane's electronic controls. I watch tons of documentaries, and I've seen that little factoid over and over again. The airlines' theory is, "Better to be safe than sorry," and I'm okay with that. But I would've done the same thing in this man's situation, minus cussing out the flight attendants and being a total tool.