Portable Electronic Devices

It's never been so cool to be a geek but there's a few things you'll need to know about operating your gadgets on board our planes. Your flight crew will remind you again, but it's always good to know ahead of time.

While these are good general guidelines, remember that the flight crew may, at any time, ask you to turn off a portable electronic device for safety reasons.

Devices You Can't Use
Devices You Can Sometimes Use
Devices You Can Always Use

Devices You Can't Use

For safety reasons, you may not operate the following devices onboard:

• Two-way transmitters such as walkie-talkies, amateur radios, citizen band (CB) radios, 49 MHz transmitters
• Devices designed to radiate radio frequency energy on specific frequencies
• Peripheral devices for computers or games connected by cable
• AM/FM radios
• Portable television sets
• Remote control toys

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Devices You Can Sometimes Use

You can only use these devices while the plane is at the gate with the doors open or after the plane has landed and is taxiing to the gate.

• cellular phones
• one and two-way pagers

You can use the following devices while the plane is at the gate with the doors open, after the plane has taken off and reached its cruising altitude and before it begins to descend for landing.

• Personal computers
• Personal computer peripheral devices
• Compact disc players
• Digital cassette tape player/recorders
• Video recorder/playback systems
• Calculators

You can use these while the plane is at the gate with the doors open, after the plane has taken off and reached its cruising altitude and before it begins to descend for landing, and after the plane has landed and is taxiing to the gate.

• Personal digital assistants
• Personal computer games
• GPS (global positioning satellite) systems

Your flight attendant will announce when it is safe to use these devices.

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Devices You Can Always Use

You may use the following devices at any time:

• Hearing aids
• Heart pacemakers and other implanted medical devices
• Electronic watches
• Electronic nerve stimulators
• Electric shavers
• Delta's installed equipment
• Acceptable personal life support systems and accompanying pagers

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