August 27th, 2012

FAA Reviewing Use Of Gadgets In The Air, But Forget About In-Flight Cell Phone Calls

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Don’t expect to make mid-flight phone calls from your smartphone anytime soon. While the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is putting together a group to re-examine current testing procedures and policies airlines have in place for gadgets, they will not be considering airborne use of cell phones for voice communication.

But that is a small price to pay for safety, especially considering… → Read More

October 8th, 2007

FAA sez no chatting on the plane anytime soon

For many people, myself included, airplane time is quiet time. Time for a nap, time to listen to some music, time to tell whoever’s on the other end of your phone that you have to let them go because you’re getting on the plane. So it comes as a great relief that the FAA has decided against lifting its ban on in-flight cell phone use "for the ‘foreseeable… → Read More