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- From: whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h)
- Subject: Re: Scanners in Airports and on Planes
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 15:11:02 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.151102.26989@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1993Jan25.132429.10809@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> <1k18pqINNjfd@hp-col.col.hp.com> <1993Jan26.052720.5051@w8hd.org>
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- In article <1993Jan26.052720.5051@w8hd.org> kenh@w8hd.org (Ken Hoehn) writes:
- >kenw@col.hp.com (Ken Wyatt) writes:
- >>Actually, it's up to the captain as to whether operation of scanners
- >>or two-way radios (cell phones / ham radios) is allowed on -his/her-
- >>plane or not. In practice, many airlines have a blanket policy
- >>which prohibits the use of this equipment on board.
- >
- >It is *NOT* up to the captain, or anyone on board the aircraft to decide
- >to let a potential electronic device operator utilize a banned piece of
- >equipment. Luckily enough, the rulemakers were smart enough to anticipate
- >the problem of an airline captain not being radio savvy enough to
- >recognize a potential problem.
- >
- >IT IS UP TO THE ****CARRIER*****, that is, THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER, to make
- >the decision....i.e, Northwest, Delta, etc. officially. And you can bet
- >your britches they will not bet their certificates on letting some geek
- >play with his radio on the aircraft.
- >
- >I have never seen such an issue so continually resurrected....it is
- >illegal, and simply not safe to do. Flying is often scary enough...why
- >make it more so?
- >kenh@w8hd.org
- >Ken Hoehn - Teletech, Inc. Compuserve: 70007,2374
-
- I agree with the above except to mention that it isn't clear that
- radio receivers (eg. scanners) are necessarily banned any more than
- the use of a walkman with an FM/AM receiver capability is. So if the
- question is the use of a non-transmitting device, then I don't
- know that there is any blanket prohibition against a scanner anymore than
- there doesn't appear to be a blanket prohibition against other
- "passive" (ie. non-transmitting) consumer electronics such as walkmans,
- portable computers, etc.
-
- As to the use of a transmitting device such as a cell phone or
- a portable ham radio, I believe they shouldn't ever be used on
- a commercial flight as Mr Hoehn correctly points out, even the
- captain doesn't have the technical authority to grant permission
- to use the transmitter function.
-
- Standard Disclaimer- Any opinions, etc. are mine and NOT my employer's.
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