United Pilots To Use iPads For Navigation

[ElNono]

"Pilots of United and Continental will ditch flight manuals and charts in favor of 11,000 iPads containing the same data in app form. 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. United estimates a savings of 326,000 gallons of fuel a year due to the lighter load."

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I guess all electronic devices don't have to be turned off anymore

[ElNono]

I'll take it

[vander]

38 lbs will save THAT MUCH FUEL?!?!

god airlines must LOATH fat people

they should start charging by the pound

[MannyIsGod]

probably a small amount per flight but of course it all adds up with a high volume.