Should the FCC lift restrictions on cellphone calls during airline flights?

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File photo: Flight departs MPS airport. (AP Photo/Andy King)

Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are "outdated," and it's time to change them, federal regulators said Thursday, drawing immediate howls of protest from flight attendants, airline officials and others," write Joan Lowy and Scott Mayerowitz for the AP.

Tom Wheeler, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said in a statement Thursday that the commission was proposing greater in-flight access to mobile broadband. The proposal will be considered at the commission's Dec. 12 meeting.

"The time is right to review our outdated and restrictive rules," Wheeler said, adding that modern technologies can deliver mobile services in the air safely and reliably.

Today's Question: Should the FCC lift restrictions on cellphone calls during airline flights?

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