GOP bills would prohibit in-flight calls

[DonViejo]

December 09, 2013, 08:38 pm

By Keith Laing

Political momentum to keep a ban on cellphone calls during flights gained momentum Monday as lawmakers said it would be crazy to allow them.

Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) became the second lawmaker after Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) to offer legislation to keep the ban in place.

“Let’s face it, airplane cabins are by nature noisy, crowded, and confined,” said Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. “For those few hours in the air with 150 other people, it’s just common sense that we all keep our personal lives to ourselves and stay off the phone.”

The bills follow a flood of complaints to the Federal Communications Commission, which announced last month that it would look into ending the ban.

full article
http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/aviation/192498-bill-would-ban-in-flight-phone-calls

[djean111]

1. It is really great to see the GOP proposing legislation that will create jobs....oh wait.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. But they did

All of those tax cut bills and bills to roll back regulations! Duh! Oh yeah, and all of their votes to repeal that "job-killing" Obamacare!

[Scuba]

2. They finally proposed something I could support.

[monmouth3]

3. Me too. Sitting next to a chatty cathy would be awful..n/t

[Myrina]

4. I agree with them.

OMG it really hurt to type that.

[JoePhilly]

5. That's some big government.

[Nancy Waterman]

6. Why not just allow texting?

That seems the obvious solution.

[tabbycat31]

8. I will say I agree with the GOP about this

Allow texting but not talking.

[HappyMe]

9. I think I may start bleeding from my eyes to say this -

I agree with them.

[Drahthaardogs]

11. Terrible ain't it?

Glad you typed it so I did not have to.

[lame54]

10. Tell that to United 93

[trueblue2007]

12. finally .... the gop is right about something,.