Airline pilots get to ditch heavy flight manuals for tablet devices

[Traderd]

http://nypost.com/2013/11/29/airline-pilots-get-to-ditch-heavy-flight-manuals-for-tablet-devices/

Bonus! Not only an article on technological advancement, but a picture of the modern day airline pilot as well.

Neat-O hat guys, but where are the stripes?!

 

[Bringupthebird]

That's the hotel doorman saying, "Nice tip, Capt. Forgetful!"

 

[bri5150]

Great breaking news!! Meanwhile, Virgin America, Sun Country, Frontier, Alaska, Fed Ex, ect. have been using EFB's for a bit...some for more than 6 years.

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Maritime Capt's hat..... Look at the ads at the bottom of the page... Chick with a similar hat advertising a cruise....

 

[Flash]

We’ve done things the same way my entire life. This is a fundamental change in how we do business,” said Capt. Tom Staigle, a pilot with Delta.
“We have pilots who get hurt” because of the heavy flight bags, which weigh an average of 38 pounds, he added


Now that's awful that these "heavy" 38 pound bags are causing injuries too. What did the old timers do back in the day?

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Retired at 60 before they lost the ability to lift "heavy" objects!

 

[scoreboardII]

That and the fact the bags of old probably had only twenty airports worth of info in them, and a fifth of scotch...

 

[Secret Squirrel]

And cigarettes!

 

[dbrownie]

Should say
"Pilots ditch iPads for heavy tablet devices"

Company issued MS junk..

 

[PBRstreetgang]

What's with the "light in the loafers", Genny Pee, golden tie? Oh wait its Genny Pee, with the zits and rolls of fat photoshopped off his neck.

 

[Ty Webb]

That and the fact the bags of old probably had only twenty airports worth of info in them, and a fifth of scotch...

Too funny . . . .

My first job as an FO on a corporate jet often found me paired with the Chief Pilot, who was a Baptist Deacon . . . . If I, God forbid, ordered a beer at dinner on a layover, he wouldn't say anything, but I would get the silent treatment throughout dinner. . . . and, if I ever went into the lobby bar or (gasp!) ventured off-campus. . . . Lord help me- I'd get the silent treatment the whole next day.

So, being the team player that I am, I found room in my flight case for a fifth of Dewar's. The old man probably thought I'd been saved, and everyone was happy.

I'm sure you'll all be happy to know that I have since matured, and don't drink Dewar's on layovers anymore . . . . I've moved on to the single malts. :laugh:

 

[scoreboardII]

A good Oban maybe?

 

[Ty Webb]

A good Oban maybe?

I'd drink it if you offered it, but I prefer Aardbeg, Lagavullin, or Laphraoig. :beer:

 

[scoreboardII]

Very nice as well, Oban a little easier on the wallet.

 

[dollacrackho]

Curious why all airlines are insistent on ipads which are much pricier than other tablets.