Another airline has just announced that iPads will become part of standard cockpit equipment for its fleet. Long Island City, NY-based JetBlue will be equipping pilots with iPads and three core apps to lighten their load and help them in getting passengers to their destinations safely and on time.
The apps help pilots look at real-time weather, let them do their pre-flight planning, and provide access to digital airport and aircraft charts. The real-time weather app will receive data via satellite Wi-Fi provided by the LiveTV systems on each aircraft, providing what JetBlue refers to as "the fastest access in the air."
JetBlue believes that the FAA will allow other apps into the cockpi
