Various authorities in the EU have passed laws recently allowing the use of cell phones aboard aircraft during flight. New technologies will allow phone use on-board without affecting aircraft systems or interfering with radio frequencies–the two main reasons they were banned in the first place. Why, then, do the FAA and FCC seem totally uninterested in lifting the American ban? Noted aviation writer Barbara S. Peterson takes a look at the forces at play...
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