ElNono
08-24-2011, 03:47 PM
"Pilots of United and Continental will ditch flight manuals and charts in favor of 11,000 iPads containing the same data in app form (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.28a184296dda6208bfa99078cd9b334 d.f1&show_article=1). Replacing 38 pounds of paper materials, the iPads will run an app called Mobile FliteDeck from Jeppesen, a provider of software navigation tools. Alaska Airlines adopted iPads back in May (http://apple.slashdot.org/story/11/05/28/1713211/Alaska-Airlines-Jettisons-Paper-Manuals-For-iPads). United estimates a savings of 326,000 gallons of fuel a year due to the lighter load."