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Originally Posted by CosmoPilot
As a professional pilot, I can assure you it is not crap. In the United States, all electronic devices must be turned off below 10,000 feet. The reason being is that aircraft use land based navigational aids for departures and arrivals. Your electronic equipment (phone included) can and does interfere with the aircraft's ability to maintain a positive lock on those signals.
If the pilots must fly an approach down to minimum weather requirements...I can attest you don't want anything interferring with the aircraft's ability to lock on to ground based radio signals.
Cosmo
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I do fly alot and of course would not want to interfere with anything that could f up the plane. We were at cruising altitude and my gps was on for like 1 min. Im also pretty sure that the GPS is only recieving signals not sending and therefore I thought is allowed during flight. Just think of how many people do ignore the requests to turn off all electronic devices during takeoff and landing...