GOP senator considers bill to block in-flight cellphone calls

Sen Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said that he could introduce legislation to stop the Federal Communications Commission from allowing cellphone conversations on airplanes.

“Imagine two million passengers, hurtling through space, trapped in 17-inch-wide seats, yapping their innermost thoughts,” Sen. Alexander said. “The Transportation Security Administration would have to hire three times as many air marshals to deal with the fistfights.” He added that airline privacy “may not be enshrined in the Constitution, but surely it is in common sense.” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced a proposal to repeal the agency's ban on cellphone use in the air.