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Flight crew of a B757 concerned regarding the legal status of an FAA inspector using cellular pager during an en route inspection while at FL370.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 488042 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ztl.artcc |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 488042 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | FAA |
| Primary Problem | FAA |
Narrative:
During cruise flight FAA inspector used pager that transmitted messages. Upon later reflection I don't know if he was testing us or not but I don't think we are supposed to use these devices in-flight. I should have stopped him.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B757 CONCERNED REGARDING THE LEGAL STATUS OF AN FAA INSPECTOR USING CELLULAR PAGER DURING AN ENRTE INSPECTION WHILE AT FL370.
Narrative: DURING CRUISE FLT FAA INSPECTOR USED PAGER THAT XMITTED MESSAGES. UPON LATER REFLECTION I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS TESTING US OR NOT BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE SUPPOSED TO USE THESE DEVICES INFLT. I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED HIM.
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.