Flight attendant report, A300, jfk-egll, predep, passenger refusal to turn off his computer.

Attributes
ACN	436540
Time
Date	199904
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jfk.airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 5
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 3 flight attendant time total : 3 flight attendant time type : 30
ASRS Report	436540
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger electronic device non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other other : 1

Narrative:

Passenger refused to turn off his laptop computer for preparation for departure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT, A300, JFK-EGLL, PREDEP, PAX REFUSAL TO TURN OFF HIS COMPUTER.

Narrative: PAX REFUSED TO TURN OFF HIS LAPTOP COMPUTER FOR PREPARATION FOR DEP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.