Are you allowed to use a GPS receiver on an AA flight?
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Why? You wanna help navigate
no, most electronic devices on aircraft r not allowed during takeoff,climbout,decent and landing.....though once at cruise altitude computers, games,ipods r ok....but not cell phones...and if they were they wouldnt work anyway...if its a newer jet....b777 they have a gps display on the seat backs...at least united did....better still listen to the atc to aircraft transmissions and u can follow your flight that way....
Basically anything that emits a electronic signal is not allowed as there is a chance (small but there) that it could interfere with the instruments. Laptops must have wireless turned off, PDA's must have their WiFi disenabled etc etc. So I would believe that the answer would be no...and why would you want to do that anyway.
I would think this is ok, except during takeoffs and landing. GPS devices do not transmit data, only receive. So, it shouldn't interfere with any onboard navigational devices. Again, if you ask the crew, they'd probably go hysterical at the mention of it. I'm just saying it from its working perspective
Why not? The pilots use them in the cockpit.
During the cruise portion of the flight you probably would be allowed to use it. After all, it is ONLY a receiver. It DOES NOT emit any RF(radio frequency) energy. FAA policy dictates all electronic devices be off for takeoff and landing. No way around that.
AA does not. Some airlines do; some do not; some leave it up to the captain. Ultimately, whatever the captain says, goes - he is responsible for the safety of everyone on board. I have seen cases on message boards where jet pilots flying the big birds do pack a battery operated GPS as a backup device; particularly for crossing the ocean.
