If I read the same thing you read, this is a ploy to placate the business
traveler (read "airline"). As I understand it, the airliner will have some
kind of server which receives signals from the passenger's handheld and
relays them to and from ground stations. Far cry from telling everyone and
their brother that they can use their Nokia or whatever to call cells
directly.

Bob Gardner

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The news lately has mentioned that the FCC is meeting to discuss relaxing
the ban on using cell phones in airplanes. Most of the news coverage
focuses
on the implications for airline passengers. They said that the FAA would
also
have to change rules before airline passengers could use cell phones.
The FCC is mainly concerned with interference with ground based use.
The FAA is mostly concerned about interference with aircraft electronics.
Does the FAA prohibit cell phone use in private aircraft, or is that just
an
FCC rule? If it becomes legal to use a cell phone from the air, I may have
to look into one of those headset adapters for cell phones.