Check in staff not so worried about cellphone - what about GPS?
When travelling on a European flight from Heathrow last month, my partner remembered as we left the check in desk that his mobile phone was in the bag he'd just checked in. And it was still turned on.
He immediately went back to desk, knowing that bags have been returned in the past when a security question arose. The response from the check in staff, in effect, was that it didn't matter. We felt we'd done the right thing, and that it was up to the airline to decide and implement its own policy.
Meanwhile, and going only slightly off-topic, is Aer Lingus the only airline which allows passengers to use a handheld GPS during the cruise? I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, but their inflight magazine is very specific in listing it as a permitted item.
For anyone interested in aviation, navigation, or the world, it's a nice diversion. But I do expect to be told to "switch off your mobile phone" one of these days...
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