Bloomberg: Six Former FCC Chiefs ‘Concerned’ Over Aviation Agency 5G Stance

(Bloomberg) — Six former chairs of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission criticized aviation regulators who have said new 5G mobile services approved by the FCC might pose safety hazards to aircraft.

“We are concerned about the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) recent efforts to revisit the FCC’s 2020 decision” to free airwaves for the fast 5G mobile service that’s to start next month, the six said in a letter dated Monday obtained by Bloomberg News.

“The FAA position threatens to derail the reasoned conclusions reached by the FCC after years of technical analysis and study,” the signers, a mix of Republicans and Democrats, said in the letter. They are Ajit Pai, Tom Wheeler, Mignon Clyburn, Julius Genachowski, Michael Copps and Michael Powell.