[gps-talkusers] Re: helping out sighted GPS users
- From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <meearls@xxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:37:25 -0700
Mike whom do I call? I think I want to try this gps stuff on my up and
coming 10 hour flight from Chicago O'hare to Honolulu.
Since you are out of the office, would kim or Charles or Sheilaknow how to
do this?
Thanks.
Mary Ellen Earls
Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:25 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] helping out sighted GPS users
> When flying from Sacramento to Washington DC today, I happen to overhear
> two flight attendants discussing a passenger with a GPS unit. I was in an
> aisle seat, so I didn't have my GPS in the window. The attendants were
> discussing whether or not he should be allowed to use his GPS. I piped in
> that I have a GPS company and would be happy to provide some assistance if
> they liked. Could they tell me the brand of the GPS.
>
> One of the attendants came back a few minutes later and informed me it was
> a Garmin. I said that this was a well known brand. I said that I used GPS
> all the time on United and that I usually sent a message to the pilot
> asking for permission to use it. I said that the GPS was a receiving
device
> and did not transmit. They said, "okay then, if it doesn't transmit, he
can
> use it." They didn't ask the pilot, they asked the blind guy and, so, the
> sighted guy got to use his GPS. Guess we aren't the only ones wanting to
> know what the heck we are flying over.
>
>
>
> Michael G. May
>
> CEO Sendero Group
>
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