24.06.2013 22:36 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPad now being used in every American Airlines cockpit

American Airlines has announced the deployment of over 8,000 iPads to the cockpits of its fleet as part of a new electronic flight bag for pilots. The roll out has lead to American discontinuing paper revisions to its terminal charts, saving money, paper, and mess in the future. To put a number on how much effect the switch will have, the electronic flight bag is replacing more than 35 pounds of paper-based reference materials that pilots carry in their carry-on kitbag. By removing that extra weight from their flights American will save a minimum of 400,000 gallons of fuel and $12 million dollars annually, based on current fuel prices. In addition pilots will save more time thanks to the elimination of the hours it

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