The U.S. Department of Transportation is drafting a notice of proposed rulemaking, or NPRM, that could restrict consumers’ ability to talk on their cellphones during airplane flights. Following last year’s Federal Communications Commission proposal to overturn decades-old rules barring in-flight cellphone use, the DoT earlier this year issued an invitation for comment as to whether it should adopt a rule to restrict voice communications on passengers’ mobile wireless devices on scheduled flights within, to and from the United States.
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DoT May Rule Out In-Flight Cellphone Talking
Posted by: Katherine Noyes August 6, 2014 07:17 AMThe U.S. Department of Transportation is drafting a notice of proposed rulemaking, or NPRM, that could restrict consumers’ ability to talk on their cellphones during airplane flights. Following last year’s Federal Communications Commission proposal to overturn decades-old rules barring in-flight cellphone use, the DoT earlier this year issued an invitation for comment as to whether it should adopt a rule to restrict voice communications on passengers’ mobile wireless devices on scheduled flights within, to and from the United States.