[profile53]

Sidestepping the corruption piece, which is a huge problem here to be clear, my understanding is that SpaceX has promised to provide starlink antennas at no cost to be used in commercial aircraft. Assuming that is true (again, a big if), then wouldn’t a natural consequence here be Starlink back Internet on the planes?

That said, I may have been reading misinformation and it’s only provided to ATC towers.

[p_l]

They wouldn't be used for ATC though. Internet access from aircraft is, outside of questions whether it interferes with aircraft operations, outside of FAA purview (at most, it's FCC and ITU-T depending scope)

[inemesitaffia]

This isn't going on aircraft. It's for ATC related stuff and it's not, contrary to the article, replacing Verizon