Via Mobileburn.com (Thanks, Anthony!)

The Federal Aviation Administration yesterday announced that it will decline the FCC proposal, put forward in December of last year, of lifting the ban on the use of wireless devices while in flight.

Nicholas Sabatini, the associate administrator for aviation safety has stated “Let me be clear. Regardless of the FCC proceeding, the FAA’s rules will remain.”

More then 7,000 comments have been filed with the FCC about the proposal, but with the FAA unlikely to make a change to its rules, an FCC reversal will not have an effect on travellers.

The FAA has however granted an exception to this rule for Wi-Fi radios on planes equipped with Boeing Connexion, the wireless broadband service available on select flights from ANA, JAL, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, and Singapore Airlines.