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Quoted: She won't be allowed to use it during take-off and landing, but otherwise she'll be fine.
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It's hard for me to believe that 0-signal output devices can wreak havoc on airplane NAV systems. If such things can disrupt plane instruments Boeing may want to consider not having their electronics manufactured in Guam or some such place.
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I agree with you but...
Can-O-Worms.
(Go fact check this, I'm probably wrong in someway)
The gameboy is designed to not cause EM interference, but that does mean it was assembled perfectly, or that it wasn't dropped and after assembly and now it does transmit or leak a small signal.
Also (some,most) older aircraft designed and/or built before the 'portable electronics' age never shielded their avionics from internal EM interferance, nore is the MFG required to update the design to make it so.
That or doesn't affect the avionics per-say but it screws up the VOR/DME signals. They should stay below 18000, VFR the flight, and use dead reckoning and the natural terrain.
Last because know one really knows ,the FAA gives the crew wide leave on their authority to make you turn those things off and some crews are as educated as some cops are on guns... or so this place likes to complain.