Originally posted by Chiangi:
Is there any web site that spells out FAA regulations banning the use of cell phones on board commercial aircraft?
Airlines say it is banned under federal regulations, but I though they are FCC regulations, not FAA's.
It is FCC regulations. Cellular systems are designed to automatically reduce the power of the mobile/portable in order to minimize interference with nearby cells. An airborne phone will hit many, many cell sites and cause interference to or block terrestrial based phones.
I believe the FAA leaves it up to the individual airlines to set their own policy on electromagnetic radiationdevices. That is why you see some variation among airlines on the operation of devices such as radio pagers.