IPad gets approval from FAA to replace paper flight charts and maps

Re:IPad gets approval from FAA to replace paper flight chart... by ZipCordManiac on Monday March 07, 2011 @09:06PM (#2299536)

they should require papers maps on the plane at least, what happens if you drop the ipad and it breaks ?

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Re:IPad gets approval from FAA to replace paper flight chart... by aaroneous on Monday March 07, 2011 @09:18PM (#2299559)

And what happens when you spill your coffee on paper maps? No system is perfect.

(not that an iPad is immune to the cup of joe either)

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Re:IPad gets approval from FAA to replace paper flight chart... by DrStalker on Monday March 07, 2011 @10:47PM (#2299743)

It's harder to make a paper map useless than to make an iPad useless.

Of course a protective case and a spare would solve that problem since I assume flight crews are used to operating in an environment where they are surrounded by sensitive electronics that they really don't want to break.

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Re:IPad gets approval from FAA to replace paper flight chart... by zem on Tuesday March 08, 2011 @04:31AM (#2300364)

never mind that, what happens when you're cruising along at 30000 feet and apple decides your app is no longer approved?

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Re:IPad gets approval from FAA to replace paper flight chart... by corin_ on Monday March 07, 2011 @10:28PM (#2299702)

  This is the captain speaking. Does anyone onboard have an iPad we can borrow?

/humour (just in case someone feels the need to explain the problems with that idea.)

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