iPad enters the cockpit on Alaska Air
30 May 2011Alaska Airlines is dumping paper flight manuals for its pilots in favor of electronic documents stored on company-issued iPads.
The Seattle-based carrier will be the first major U.S. airline to make the switch from paper to iPad when all its pilots receive a tablet by mid-June. Alaska is making the switch “as part of an ongoing effort to use technology to enhance flight safety, improve efficiency and protect the environment,” according to a statement from the airline.
Apparently the iPad was the first device to impress Alaska higher-ups enough to consider going digital.
source: PC World
