enforced in the US:
- while the doors are opened: all devices can be used, EVEN cell phones
- when the doors are closed, while in the runway, during takeoff and until
authorized by the crew (through the speakers): ALL devices must remain OFF
- while flying (after permission by the crew): electronic devices, except
cell phones, pagers, GPSs, radios and other similar devices, are allowed
- closed to landing (informed through the speakers), during landing, during
taxing procedures and while leaving the plane: ALL devices must remain OFF
Sometimes I am asked during the flight because I have a Treo (which of
course is a cell phone as well) but ALL TIMES that I showed that the cell
LED was off and that I was using only the PDA part of the device, I was
allowed to use it during flight.
Reading your (people flying on US airlines) experiences, I have to say that
it has before total anarchy, people are enforcing whatever suits them...
Coming from a country that is much more technology-savior than most, it is
really a surprise that airline companies act like they have been flooded by
"alien devices".
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Treo] Treos on planes
> It's the thought that went into it that has me annoyed at this point.
>
> On the runway, laptops off, pda's on. In the air, pda's off, laptops
> on. pda's don't do anything laptops can't do. Laptops still do more
> than even the smartest smartphone.
>
> Michael Lax wrote:
>> This might make sense if the rule was applied equally and/or logically.
>> They did not say (I'm assuming) smartphones, they said PDA's - which
>> includes a large group of devices without an antenna. On their list of
>> 'ok' objects are laptops (with wifi) and pagers, amongst other devices
>> similar to PDAs. The instructions - and the clearly well trained staff -
>> indicate little if any thought was put into this so-called rule.
>>
>> Mike Lax
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