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Should passengers make calls via Wi-Fi?

Should airlines let passengers make calls via Wi-Fi?

It's a controversial issue that's triggering fierce debate among travelers, airlines and regulators. Federal regulations prohibit in-flight cellphone use - but not Internet-based phone calls - lest they interfere with flight operations and create congestion in ground cell towers. A bill in Congress seeks a similar ban on all in-flight voice communications by passengers. Ref. Source 1

Wi-Fi calls passengers Should

I do not agree with this for security reasons. Conversing negative news to someone aboard a moving jet can cause extreme anxiety. What is the difference in any case if you are on a plane you can't do anything about it even if it is an emergency, no sense talking to anyone until you've landed.

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Bomb threat may end in-flight Wi-fi

The long-awaited advent of Wi-Fi and mobile phone usage on planes may be scuttled before it begins after last week's bomb scares. Ref. Source 6

Wi-Fi calls passengers Should

Yeah punish passenger flight service since we have so many parcel packages using the internet while they fly around to different points of the globe. I think that the wi-fi usage in the world will drop by half if we take that away from the parcels and other cargo being shipped.