Yikes
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/28/8511993/ipad-issue-grounds-american-airlines-737s
Maybe it was that 14-year-old girl from Rotterdam that uploaded a virus to their iPads? :crazy2:
Quote from: Banzai_Cat on April 29, 2015, 12:18:35 PM
Maybe it was that 14-year-old girl from Rotterdam that uploaded a virus to their iPads? :crazy2:
Somehow I missed that little incident -
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/twitters-american-airlines-terror-threat-14yearold-girl-arrested-by-police-in-rotterdam-9259485.html
If you look up her Twitter account now, and just read a few posts, you'll note she's a grade-A idiot.
Go figure.
Umm... why are pilots using iPad apps for take-off? This isn't very reassuring.
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Flight plans, mostly, but it also stores manuals and other documents that they used to have to stash in the cockpit. The article states it saves about 35 pounds of weight, but I think it's more like 100. (I did weight & balance/fuel calcs for United Airlines flights a while ago.) There was a lot of stuff they had to have on hand in case they needed a quick reference.
It's a little unsettling to think of an airline pilot having to pop open a manual in the middle of a flight.
Quote from: mirth on April 30, 2015, 08:22:45 AM
It's a little unsettling to think of an airline pilot having to pop open a manual in the middle of a flight.
Their watches have a lot of dials. I'd like to see you work one without a manual.