[Az-Geocaching] GPS receivers allowed on airlines: ++Continental

[ShadowAce]

I have used mine on the last 4 flights I was on. It depends on the airline,
as well as the captain. The captain of the plane has the authority to say no
and remove you from the flight.

My father got in serious trouble for simply taking a photograph of my mother
on a flight and it got ugly. Simple advice he gave me afterwards is if they
say no, do not argue. You lose a lot of your rights while on a plane :)

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Team Nine Lives <teamninelives at gmail.com>
wrote:

> While on a recent Continental flight, I checked their in-flight magazine
> and saw that GPS receivers were allowed above 10,000 feet.  So when we got
> to that altitude, I pulled mine out.  Shortly afterward the flight attend
> told me, "no," and I shut it down but pointed out it was supposed to be
> allowed.  He consulted the magazine, apologized, and let me use it, saying
> that this was a recent change that had not flowed to him yet.
>
> If this is true, it's good of Continental to make that change.  I like
> knowing what the name of the lake or feature is that I'm passing over and
> how much longer it will be until we get there, etc.
>
> Brad, 1/2 of Team Nine Lives
>
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