Re: [LINK] web: iPad app failure delays 74 flights in the US, forces pilots back to paper c ...

2015-04-30 Thread Jan Whitaker
That is very weird. They must have changed the article because I swear it specifically said Reagan Airport. I would have had no other reason to mention it otherwise. I know it quite well, having flown in there multiple times for work. And you're being much to picky as to its location not being

Re: [LINK] web: iPad app failure delays 74 flights in the US, forces pilots back to paper c ...

2015-04-30 Thread Scott Howard
The cost justification around using the iPads in the cockpit was largely based around the savings from the cost of the paper - both in terms of keeping it up to date, but also the physical weight multiplied out over the 6000 flights that AA flies each day. Having paper as a backup would negate