IPad EFB for all Southwest pilots just announced

[swaflyguy]

SWA just announced EFB to be tested in Q1 of 2013 then operational in Q2/3 of 2013.

 

[dicko]

SWA just announced EFB to be tested in Q1 of 2013 then operational in Q2/3 of 2013.

AirTran pilots will be issued with a sharp edged brick salvaged from disused nuclear reactors, in lieu of the iPad. The brick must be carried at all times and real iPads will be issued in 10 years ...... Perhaps. They promise.

 

[XR650R]

No where in the memo did it say anything about "iPad". Makes me wonder if it wouldn't be something else.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

No where in the memo did it say anything about "iPad". Makes me wonder if it wouldn't be something else.

It wouldnt surprise me if this goes down the same road as the headsets, cheapest thing they can find! And if it is an iPad, I see at best a 2 (maybe they'll get Apple open the assembly line back up to make us 9000+ iPad 1's) any way we can get them with toggle switches, maybe they can force other airlines to get them! That's how "we roll"!!!
KBB

 

[DX Jake]

With all due respect... where are you reading this? I've been at work since 7am and haven't seen a thing.

 

[waveflyer]

And why would we care if it was iPad1's?
But I hope they don't do some insider deal with another tablet- I just haven't seen how those are nearly as reliable

 

[huronip]

With all due respect... where are you reading this? I've been at work since 7am and haven't seen a thing.

Check your company email.

 

[humveedriver]

I heard IPads. But all the apps will be disabled except for the calculator app in the utilities folder for manual performance calculations, which will be turned in to the ops supervision in triplicate on SWA cocktail napkins.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

With all due respect... where are you reading this? I've been at work since 7am and haven't seen a thing.

Don't check company e-mail often, but for some reason RBF's go to my personal e-mail.

KBB

 

[DX Jake]

Check your company email.

just saw it, thanks.

But I agree with the above poster. No where in the memo did it mention "iPad" as the title suggests.

 

[RLAblows]

Either way it sounds like a step in the right direction.

 

[scoreboardII]

SWA will buy used android tablets developed in the 90's for their EFB's.

 

[redflyer65]

I just heard they received a great deal from Fry's on their 'un-named' tablets. $99 each with an extended warranty (because your going to need it).

RF

 

[bladeusa]

they wont be ipads.. it will be a tablet with dials and steam gauges!!

 

[scoreboardII]

we'll need to carry a bag of coal to keep the head of steam up.

 

[Crash Pad]

C:\

Is that how it goes. I'm a little rusty.

 

[Lear70]

I thought the stone chisel pad was being tested last month... did it not pan out or is it going to line testing now?

 

[swaflyguy]

No where in the memo did it say anything about "iPad". Makes me wonder if it wouldn't be something else.

Did I say I was quoting the RBF. Maybe i checked a couple of different sources to verify. But to enlighten you, according to the training dept and FAA the IPad is the option chosen for testing and eventual dispursement.

 

[airplane wizard]

A 1" thick windows tablet with a 30min battery life that weighs 10 pounds.

 

[XR650R]

Did I say I was quoting the RBF. Maybe i checked a couple of different sources to verify. But to enlighten you, according to the training dept and FAA the IPad is the option chosen for testing and eventual dispursement.

Good, I hope you're right, but it still wouldn't surprise me if it's something else. One possibility would be the smaller iPad the rumored to come out this fall.

 

[CptMurf]

A 1" thick windows tablet with a 30min battery life that weighs 10 pounds.

We're all getting OPCs' then?

 

[asaflyer]

The best news is that they'll all contain a 8-track player.

 

[Just thinking]

comes with the latest updated phone from the IT department::::
http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4710140954215278&id=71cd5a14af4b5ff2c9b8dc8dbb3f99f3

 

[LeeRoyJenkins]

AirTran pilots will be issued with a sharp edged brick salvaged from disused nuclear reactors, in lieu of the iPad. The brick must be carried at all times and real iPads will be issued in 10 years ...... Perhaps. They promise.

Yeah, but you get ROR so it is all good.

 

[Capn Butthead]

You heard it hear first...we are getting the newest model of the etch a scetch....with the latest upgrades such as extra large knobs for the more "seasoned" veterans. And in keeping with Gary's great 15% initiative the newly announced VP of toilet paper will set up the performance drawings.

 

[Golden Falcon]

VNAV, A/T, iPad??? SWA getting dragged kicking and screaming into the 20th century??

 

[ATLplt]

And in keeping with Gary's great 15% initiative the newly announced VP of toilet paper will set up the performance drawings.

I laughed out loud at that one. It's like a new one is announced every week.

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

I thought the stone chisel pad was being tested last month... did it not pan out or is it going to line testing now?

Sorry, They were having problems with the Pterodactyl's that did the chiseling for the updates, every time they showed up for an update, i'd throw a Brontosaurus burger on his/her lap and he'd be out on medical for months...One has to encourage retirements in some way!

To see the problems the updates caused, look here:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/ptero

You can't make this $&^% up!

Later,
KBB

 

[airplane wizard]

I thought the stone chisel pad was being tested last month... did it not pan out or is it going to line testing now?

Those are only for DC-9 pilots.

 

[zippy32]

PHX CP emailed me a picture of the approved model.

http://www.mediatek-rugged.com/MediatekREng/UploadFiles/pgallery/6665263649.jpg