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From: bj@yale-com.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Portables on Airplanes
Message-ID: <1619@yale-com.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 00:04:56 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 15 00:04:56 1983
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    The FAA regulations allow operation of any electronic device that has
    been approved by the pilot of the flight.  This is true at any rate
    for private aircraft.  I don't think there are any additional regs
    which apply to commercial carriers.  However, the airlines probably
    set policy on this issue instead of leaving it up to the individual
    pilots.  In addition, there may be some informal guidelines from some
    government branch or other to insure uniformity across airlines.

Please, don't respond to messages unless you *know* the answer.
This topic was discussed on the net several months ago and at
that time someone posted the relevant section of the regulations.
Maybe someone with archives could dig it out again.

The pilot of a commercial craft does not have the legal power to
allow equiptment on the plane, that requires the owner of the plane
(the company).  [This is how the law was explained to me.]
					B.J.
					Herbison-BJ@Yale
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