[ltp] Re: Linux-Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #632 - 27 msgs

[James Knott]

James McKenzie wrote:
> Morpheus:
> 
> I agree that avonics should not suffer from interference from a simple 
> PDA, but that's the story and the pilot is sticking to it.  I find it 
> quite interesting that no "phone" devices can be used in flight except 
> the one that is provided by the airline, and that service is quite 
> expensive (try about $6.50/min. for some services.)

One thing to bear in mind, is that if it's been installed on the 
aircraft, it's been thoroughly tested for interferece to instruments.
The same can't be said for consumer devices.