Gig 601XL Builder wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Gig 601XL Builder wrote in
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george wrote:
On Jan 9, 5:34 am, Mxsmanic wrote:

Sec. 91.21 Portable electronic devices.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no
person
may operate, nor may any operator or pilot in command of an
aircraft allow the operation of, any portable electronic device on
any of the following U.S.-registered civil aircraft:
(1) Aircraft operated by a holder of an air carrier operating
certificate or an operating certificate; or
(2) Any other aircraft while it is operated under IFR.
(b) Paragraph (a) of this section does not apply to--
(1) Portable voice recorders;
(2) Hearing aids;
(3) Heart pacemakers;
(4) Electric shavers; or
(5) Any other portable electronic device that the operator of
the
aircraft has determined will not cause interference with the
navigation
or communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used.
(c) In the case of an aircraft operated by a holder of an air
carrier operating certificate or an operating certificate, the
determination required by paragraph (b)(5) of this section shall be
made
by that operator of the aircraft on which the particular device is
to be
used. In the case of other aircraft, the determination may be made
by the pilot in command or other operator of the aircraft.

That is the Reg.
Self explanatory
(1) Portable voice recorders;

Is an iPod not a personal voice recorder? Yet all the airlines I've
been
on recently include it in the don't turn on until we say so list.


One of the reasons the FAA don't like Ipods and their ilk is that if
you are zoned out listening to music when an evacuation occurs, you
might be a liability in the event.
Rigth or wrong, it is one of the reasons.

Bertie



I understand that but what I'm saying is the reg quoted above seems to
me to specifically ALLOW personal voice recorders which is really all
an iPod is.


Mmm, They have had drives, though. Might make a difference. i don't
know. Phones are definitely a PITA on board and I had a laptop dump an
Omega database on me years ago. Eletricity and radio are something I shy
away from though..


Bertie