FAA panel recommends allowing electronic devices in the air

October 1, 2013 at 2:21AM
In this photo taken Wednesday, May 8, 2013, a United Airlines passenger chooses snacks in the United Club at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. Airlines are introducing a new bevy of fees, but this time passengers might actually like them. Unlike the first generation of charges which dinged fliers for once-free services like checking a bag, these new fees promise a taste of the good life, or at least a more civil flight. In the near future, airlines plan to go one step further, using massive amounts of personal data to customize new offers for each flier. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Airline passengers should be allowed to use personal electronic devices to read, play games or enjoy movies and music, even when planes are on the ground or flying below 10,000 feet, according to recommendations an advisory panel sent to the Federal Aviation Administration.

But the panel said that restrictions should remain on sending text messages, browsing the Web or checking e-mail after the plane's doors have been closed. Passengers would be able to do that only when the aircraft's Wi-Fi network was turned on.

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