iPad Approved for In-Cockpit Flight Manuals
Buckle up people…Apples’ iPad 1 and iPad 2 are ready for take off !
We all have to accept the fact that today’s world just cannot do without technology and the latest gadgets even in their high end systems.
Let’s face it; everything today needs to be upgraded to meet the latest technology standards, in the process making life and work easier for professionals. For instance, the in-cockpits manuals are now being replaced by the iPad. It’s another step moving towards a paperless society.
The biggest debate today is; does technology run our lives, or do we create technology to make our lives simpler. Alaskan Airlines have ensured that they make changes for the better by bringing in the best of technology to help their pilots. These are the in-cockpit flight manuals which Alaskan Airlines has bought a change in.
Alaskan Airlines have finally got their much awaited approval given by the Federal Aviation Administration. This will be the first domestic airline to replace their flight manuals with the iPad 2 tablet. Although this will not be done on a large scale, the change is evident. According to news reports the airlines industry will look at trying to replace all of their manuals with some iPad 1 and iPad 2 tablets. Although this does sound surreal, the change was bound to happen and is a welcome one as well.
The attempt was to cut down on the usage of papers traditionally used for various reasons by airlines. This decision was taken by Alaskan Airlines along with Delta Airlines only after gaining their approval by the FAA. With this, the iPad will service pilots with the Executive Jet Management, charter airline service and cockpit uses as well. This definitely get rids of redundant and menacingly heavy devices, at the same time brings in easy to use and the ever slim and lightweightiPad. Although introducing new computerized chart replacements in the aviation industry has been a tradition carried on since several years, the introduction of the iPad 1 and iPad 2 will make things different.
The FAA approval came about in March 2011; unfortunately they did so only for Executive Jet Management. Seems like other airline companies are looking to introduce the iPad in their flights and cockpits too, and hence have assured they testing of the device in their aircrafts are in full swing and at the same time approval requests too are being made.
When the charter service had put in an approval request sometime early in February, the request was approved putting them straight above the rest. In fact the charter service had even received the much needed support required from the FAA so that they could test the Jeppesen Mobile TC iPad app. This is an app that Jeppesen is well known for, since pilots rely heavily on it for their pre and in-flight navigation and planning. With this approval however, Executive Jet Management will now be able to use the iPad for their “Sole reference for electronic charts, even during taxi, takeoff and landing.”
Whichever way you at it, Apples’ iPad is now becoming much more mainstream and very much integrated in our increasingly busy lives.
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