American Airlines Replacing Paper Maps with iPads

[MrD1234]

If that were the case we would still be crossing the atlantic on sail power

I think you mean rowing.... perhaps swimming

 

[Snowdog]

I currently am a pilot flying widebody aircraft with ~200 people capacity. A lot of us use iPads. They are *EXTREMELY* robust and work absolutely fantastic in the cockpit and for enroute charts and terminal plates.

I have the entire set of publications for safe flight, the aircraft technical manuals, the charts and plates, and more in a 1.5lb package that outperforms current EFBs.

The iPad has been subjected to several hundred hours of flight in F-18 aircraft and via other methods to include rapid decompression above 50,000 feet.

Thanks. A much more credible post, than the original quote which was just some anon poster on Appleinsider.