Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bu.edu!telecom-request From: dave@westmark.westmark.com (Dave Levenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Airphones and TDD? Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 91 00:54:59 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 29 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 186, Message 4 of 14 In article , CER2520@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Curtis E. Reid) writes: > Before I do this, I need to know if any electronic equipment is > prohibited on an airplane while airborne? Could someone tell me > excatly what are the rules for operating such equipment on an > airplane? Thanks!! The operation of most electronic equipment is prohibited aboard any aircraft in flight under instrument flight rules (this includes virtually all airline flights, and many general aviation flights). It is up to the airline to enforce this rule, and to grant exceptions for equipment which has been verified by the airline (or by the pilot, for general aviation operations) not to cause interference with the navigation or communications systems in use. You should ask the airline about your own specific equipment on their flights, and you should probably expect a NO answer if it radiates any RF or if they don't know what it does. If you're riding the airliner into a fogged-in airport, you wouldn't want your lap-top interfering with the ILS receiver and directing you into the ground, would you? Dave Levenson Internet: dave@westmark.com Westmark, Inc. UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave Warren, NJ, USA AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave Voice: 908 647 0900 Fax: 908 647 6857