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.