Flight Attendants Union Again Pushes Back on ATG Broadband Proposal, Citing Terror Threat
The labor union representing flight attendants is again raising red flags over a proposal for air-to-ground (ATG) mobile broadband service over the contiguous U.S. Like its comments earlier this year on the docket and similar comments on an FCC proposal…
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to lift the ban on using mobile phones for voice and data on flights (see 1502060034), the Association of Flight Attendants' ex parte filing posted Monday in docket 13-114 said the ATG proposal "would greatly enhance communications capabilities for terrorists and increase cyber warfare vulnerabilities." The filing recapped a pair of meetings between union representatives and staff of Commissioners Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel. Any FCC decision should wait until after the Safety and Security in the Air Coalition interagency group develops a study on potential threats and vulnerabilities and looks at possible mitigation, it said. An ATG draft order was taken off circulation earlier this year (see 1502120054).