Windows Phone Thoughts: Cell Phone Use On Planes Banned by FCC

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8O9BCJ80&show_article=1

"The Federal Communications Commission has officially grounded the idea of allowing airline passengers to use cellular telephones while in flight. Existing rules require cellular phones to be turned off once an aircraft leaves the ground in order to avoid interfering with cellular network systems on the ground. The agency began examining the issue in December 2004."

I don't know why I thought this was the was the domain of the FAA - Federal Aviation Administration. I guess there is some potential interference with aircraft avionics, though no one has shown that to be the case as far as I know. It seems the FCC is concerned about cell phones hopping towers at over 500mph and causing disruption. So, there you have it folks. In the US of A, no cell phones in flight, at least with the current cell phone infrastructure.

I, for one, am happy. Listening to some self-important middle manager blather to no one in particular during a flight was not something I was looking forward to.