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Re: How do I log on while in flight?
- From: Joe Abley
- Date: Thu Jun 27 17:18:02 2002
On Thursday, June 27, 2002, at 04:54 , Leigh Anne Chisholm wrote:
The FCC prohibits communication using a cellular telephone while in an
aircraft in US airspace. In Canada, I don't believe there is such a
regulation.
I couldn't find the energy to go swimming in the Canadian Air
Regulations, but I did find this in the AIP Canada:
COM 5.14 Pilot Cellular Phone Use During a Radio Communications Failure
[...]
In the event of an in-flight radio communications failure, and only
after normal communications failure procedures have been followed (see
RAC 6.3.2.1), the pilot-in-command may attempt to contact the
appropriate NAV CANADA ATS unit by means of a cellular phone. Before
the pilot begins using a cellular phone to contact ATS in the event of
an in-flight communications failure, transponder-equipped aircraft
should squawk Code 7600 (see RAC 1.10.7).
This at least suggests that there's no CRTC restriction on using
cellular telephones from altitude (or that any such CRTC restrictions
can be overriden by Transport Canada).
Joe
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