Narrative:

While sitting on the jump seat I heard cockpit radio xmissions. I walked through the cabin to locate the device. Passenger X had on a GPS with VHF radio. I asked him to turn it off and keep it off for the remainder of the flight. At this time we were rolling toward the runway after a brief ground delay in dfw. He did put it away at that time under protest. He informed me he was a flight instructor and had read the boeing manual and felt it stated he had the right to use his device and that it would not interfere. I tried to explain that VHF radios were never allowed for use on the aircraft. After takeoff as I walked through the cabin he had it out again, it was on and he was in the process of hooking up head phones with a microphone attached. I asked him again to turn it off. He again protested. I requested the device to take to the cockpit. The captain kept it for the remainder of the flight. Later in the flight, mr X came back to where the #1 flight attendant and I were standing. He became very argumentative with us over not being able to use his device, using the argument over and over that he was a flight instructor. Not until after numerous times of reminding him he was not in charge of this aircraft and interfering with crew members' instructions did he stop. Regarding my perception, judgement and decisions: I appreciate the captain confiscating the device. I stand by my personal actions. I do not, however, have any respect for this man as an aviator, he was definitely interfering with my ability to do my job.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A PAX ON BOARD AN S80 WHO WAS USING A GPS WITH VHF RADIO DURING FLT. FLT ATTENDANT REQUESTED IT BE TURNED OFF. IT WAS TEMPORARILY, THEN TURNED ON AGAIN. THE GPS WAS CONFISCATED AND CAPT KEPT IT DURING THE FLT.

Narrative: WHILE SITTING ON THE JUMP SEAT I HEARD COCKPIT RADIO XMISSIONS. I WALKED THROUGH THE CABIN TO LOCATE THE DEVICE. PAX X HAD ON A GPS WITH VHF RADIO. I ASKED HIM TO TURN IT OFF AND KEEP IT OFF FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT. AT THIS TIME WE WERE ROLLING TOWARD THE RWY AFTER A BRIEF GND DELAY IN DFW. HE DID PUT IT AWAY AT THAT TIME UNDER PROTEST. HE INFORMED ME HE WAS A FLT INSTRUCTOR AND HAD READ THE BOEING MANUAL AND FELT IT STATED HE HAD THE RIGHT TO USE HIS DEVICE AND THAT IT WOULD NOT INTERFERE. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT VHF RADIOS WERE NEVER ALLOWED FOR USE ON THE ACFT. AFTER TKOF AS I WALKED THROUGH THE CABIN HE HAD IT OUT AGAIN, IT WAS ON AND HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HOOKING UP HEAD PHONES WITH A MICROPHONE ATTACHED. I ASKED HIM AGAIN TO TURN IT OFF. HE AGAIN PROTESTED. I REQUESTED THE DEVICE TO TAKE TO THE COCKPIT. THE CAPT KEPT IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT. LATER IN THE FLT, MR X CAME BACK TO WHERE THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT AND I WERE STANDING. HE BECAME VERY ARGUMENTATIVE WITH US OVER NOT BEING ABLE TO USE HIS DEVICE, USING THE ARGUMENT OVER AND OVER THAT HE WAS A FLT INSTRUCTOR. NOT UNTIL AFTER NUMEROUS TIMES OF REMINDING HIM HE WAS NOT IN CHARGE OF THIS ACFT AND INTERFERING WITH CREW MEMBERS' INSTRUCTIONS DID HE STOP. REGARDING MY PERCEPTION, JUDGEMENT AND DECISIONS: I APPRECIATE THE CAPT CONFISCATING THE DEVICE. I STAND BY MY PERSONAL ACTIONS. I DO NOT, HOWEVER, HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR THIS MAN AS AN AVIATOR, HE WAS DEFINITELY INTERFERING WITH MY ABILITY TO DO MY JOB.

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.