FCC Maintains Ban on Mobile Phone Voice Calls During Flights
- Move kills idea that drew quick pushback and fears of air rage
- Proposal floated in 2013 drew ‘strong opposition,’ FCC says
This article is for subscribers only.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission killed a proposal to allow in-flight voice calls via mobile phones, ending its examination of an idea that evoked fears of air rage from passengers trapped beside jabbering seat mates.
The idea drew “strong opposition” from pilots and flight attendants, the agency said Friday in a four-paragraph order.