Paulo, it was a Motorola :yuk:

Paxboy, I thought of that, but, Couldn't figure out how to do it as it was her phone :ugh:

I was going to start a new post on this very subject, I am going to Faro on Mytravel in October.
Would they allow me to take my pilot 111 on a Mytravel flight, or should I go cap in hand to the Captain on boarding;)

Onan, A Cinema owner in Ireland Purchased such a device for blocking Cell Phone transmissions. He was forced to turn it off as he was advised he could be prosecuted under the same law as they used to use for Radar Detectors in Cars, The RadioTelephony act, which I believe is very similar to its namesake in the Uk.

I think they are a bloody good idea. Cell phones are becoming so Antisocial. Peopla actually start talking on them in the cinema over here in the US, not even making the slightest effort to hide the fact:{

You may use a GPS on your flight. In fact Garmin encourages you to do so 'cause you can play with it during that time, makes it much more fun to get to know your unit.

Have had mine on every flight so far, no issues, with the exception of a DC-9 crew who wanted me to leave it up front for them :)

While it is a receiver, it is an aviation approved receiver, and as to your situation, I simply tell you to do this:

Bottom line: Before flight, simply ask the Captain, if he says yes, you're done. Use it and be happy!

Most airlines give the captain discretion over what is and is not allowed, and they typically will go by the airlines policy.

As an ex Naval Avionics technician as well, I go with Paulo's answer. In fact I worked with Hardened aircraft for EMP, and to tell you, the port GPS in the back isn't generating enough RF field, if at all, to interfere. There have been larger problems with in flight fires from the entertainment systems onboard that have shown some degree of interferance than your unit will.

On the other side, knowing your position can be aggravating, I went from FL to Jersey, and held outside West Virginia for 3 laps, then over DC we diverted, and you could tell we were diverting by the course, and looking out at the weather ahead, my FA thought it was great knowing ahead of time, as when the captain gave us the divert speech, we plugged in direct to the divert location, and had an instant idea of how long to get there (for the most part, going around the klag, Newark was closed hehe) ...

You've probably all read it, but here's a link to a UK AIC on PEDs:

http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/pubs/aip/pdf/aic/4P148.PDF

I tried my Garmin GPSIII in the cabin as pax and it was rubbish very weak signal even when held right to the window.

I fly the B737-200 a highly modern aircraft :rolleyes: and take it with me at times and put it on the coming...gets a great signal there and at times has been of great help.

I've struggled with my GPSIII as pax aswell, but it did work a treat on a CRJ-700.