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In-Flight Calling Ban Passes Hurdle in Congress

by Donald Melanson on August 1, 2008 at 01:37 PM

It looks like that proposed ban on in-flight calling has now passed its first major hurdle in Congress, with it snagging some much needed approval from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in a voice vote on Thursday.

While the so-called "Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace" (or HANG UP, really) would make permanent the current ban on in-flight cellphone use, it'd also go one step further and put a stop to all in-flight voice communications, which its co-sponsors hope will prevent airlines from charging some passengers to use their phones while also charging others to sit in a phone-free section of the plane. Of course, the bill still has a long ways to go before it becomes law, but giving the recent polling on the matter, it would seem to have a better than decent chance of going all the way.

[ITworld Via Slashdot]

Tags: bill, flight, in-flight calling, in-flight cellphone, in-flight cellphone use, In-flightCalling, In-flightCellphone, In-flightCellphoneUse, travel

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