iPads In The Cockpit
Posted by Brett Emison
June 29, 2013 9:31 AM
June 29, 2013 9:31 AM
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We, in the back of the plane, still can’t use our iPads and other electronics fully from gate to gate (for at least a couple months, anyway), but pilots have been using them for years. After the approval, United Airlines bought 11,000 iPads for its flight crews. At the time, United believed replacing the nearly 40 pounds of paper charts and books with iPad weighing less than 2 pounds would save on fuel costs over time. Other airlines followed suit and all have experienced reduces expenses due to lighter loads.
The iPads replace about 3,000 pages of paper per pilot. United is saving about $1 million in fuel costs each year just be reducing their pilot’s paperwork. American Airlines is saving about $1.2 million each year.
The iPads also increase efficiency.
Though not yet approved, some airlines hope to allow their pilots to connect to the aircraft’s wifi in order to receive real-time weather updates and perform route-planning tasks, literally, “on the fly”.
However, we – the folks in the cramped seats in the back – obediently (well, for most of us) power down when the door closes and wait for the “magic ding” at 10,000 feet.
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