Airline Info Technology
April 4th, 2011 by admin
The iPad is ready for takeoff with airline pilots. They could be using the device soon to carry navigational and airline info they need in place of reams of paper charts or a cumbersome laptop. Alaska Airlines is one of the first carriers to evaluate the iPad with a select group of pilots.
They are expecting to hear in the next week or two whether the pilots would like to go further with the testing if they find the device beneficial to their jobs. NetJets become the first commercial operator authorized by the FAA to use the table as the sole source of reference info while on the runway and in the air. The navigational data supplier Jeppesen, which is a Boeing subsidiary, makes the iPad app that issued by both Alaska and NetJets.
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