The Federal Communications Commission said that at its Dec. 15 meeting it will discuss possible revisions to rules prohibiting cell phone use on commercial flights. That’s the first step of the process needed to lift the ban.
Cell phone use has been banned due to concerns about how it could affect an aircraft’s navigation. And cell phones sometimes have trouble working when the plane is at cruising altitude because phone towers aren’t built to project their signals that high.
Let’s see — uncomfortable seats, screaming babies, boring people* who insist on talking for the entire flight, bad food (or no food) — I know, let’s add cell phones to the mix — oh yes that will make flying much more pleasant.
*I know there are many interesting people who fly, but I’m almost never seated near them.