saying angrily "using a GPS on a
plane is illegal".
Nonsense...unless their own rules prohibit such use, in which case
you are legally obliged to comply. There is no blanket (ie:
government) rule against them.
It is up to the airline; in the past year I've flown a number of
different airlines. Some said in their in-flight magazine that GPS
use was allowed, others said it wasn't, and some didn't say anything
at all.
For example, Southwest airlines specifically allows the use of GPS
units:
http://www.spiritmag.com/flightservices/flight-services.pdf
US Airways implies they're OK, but is not explicit:
http://www.usairwaysmag.com/inflight_information/passenger_information/
Either Jetblue or United prohibit GPS', but I cannot find anything on
their websites (they are the other two airlines I've recently flown,
so it's one of them where I saw the prohibition).
No rhyme or reason to it at all.
Tom Frank, KA2CDK
(frequent flyer...and gadget user)
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