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04-11-2017, 12:32 PM
Finally, some good airline news: The FCC won't let people talk on cellphones during flights
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While the long arc of air travel undoubtably bends toward misery, passengers were just offered a brief glimmer of hope.
The Federal Communications Commission decided on April 10 to reverse a 2013 proposal that would have allowed cellphone use mid-flight.*
SEE ALSO: This airline just flew around the world with an all-female crew (http://mashable.com/2017/03/06/air-india-all-women-flight-world-record/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
That's right, unbek**wnst to many, we were spiraling toward a future where the bro next to you could pick up his phone in the middle of a flight and call his mom, boss, bookie, or whoever. Thankfully, that tragedy has been narrowly averted—the only loud conversations you'll be forcibly subjected to are the ones involving "re-accommodating (http://mashable.com/2017/04/10/united-ceo-statement-backlash/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)" passengers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/10/fcc-cellphone-calls-airline-mid-flight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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While the long arc of air travel undoubtably bends toward misery, passengers were just offered a brief glimmer of hope.
The Federal Communications Commission decided on April 10 to reverse a 2013 proposal that would have allowed cellphone use mid-flight.*
SEE ALSO: This airline just flew around the world with an all-female crew (http://mashable.com/2017/03/06/air-india-all-women-flight-world-record/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
That's right, unbek**wnst to many, we were spiraling toward a future where the bro next to you could pick up his phone in the middle of a flight and call his mom, boss, bookie, or whoever. Thankfully, that tragedy has been narrowly averted—the only loud conversations you'll be forcibly subjected to are the ones involving "re-accommodating (http://mashable.com/2017/04/10/united-ceo-statement-backlash/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)" passengers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/10/fcc-cellphone-calls-airline-mid-flight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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