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Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by gizmo686 on Sunday September 09, 2012 @01:48AM (#4495067)
A ban on voice calling should come from airline policy, not FAA regulation.
Re:The ban on electronic devices rests on anecdotes by akldfgj on Sunday September 09, 2012 @02:35AM (#4495124)
cell phone conversations lead to in-flight murder[0], which causes chaos, which is a threat to airline safety, under FAA purview.

[0] (well, justifiable homicide, anyway)