Can we separate the boll...s from the facts please chaps?
1) I was short-haul not long
2)I did not say I knew better....
3) the word is discreet, I was not hiding it from the crew, but was simply not drawing attention to myself from other pax who might wonder what the device was
4) the only restriction mentioned by crew was mobile phones, eg other pax used laptop PCs with no comeback.
5) As atomic implies the US have legislated and looked at the facts - IIRC FCC class B basically guarantees that the device emits less than a certain power level - and drawn a conclusion whch allows use.
6) Slasher mentioned Garmin units designed specifically for aviaion use -
AFAIK the main difference is in the information calculated and displayed - not the circuit design or physical casing etc. I believe I read here before that many PPLs use the 'domestic' market GPSs as handhelds with no ill-effects.
7) Huggy, exactly what 'rules' do you refer to please?
Willing to be corrected - but facts please (yes I do realise the professionals love rumours hence this site's title...)