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Re:Some American Airlines planes are grounded because the pi... by CHY872 on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:14AM (#9458010)
Why? It saves a tonne of cash ($1.2 million per year), and has led to a few dozen flights delayed, ever.

It's wasteful to force the pilots to carry around 30lbs of paper which is out of date every few months, and which is not safety critical.

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Re:Some American Airlines planes are grounded because the pi... by anc84 on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:22AM (#9458052)
> Why? It saves a tonne of cash ($1.2 million per year), and has led to a few dozen flights delayed, ever.

In total? That's nothing.

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Re:Some American Airlines planes are grounded because the pi... by CHY872 on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:54AM (#9458235)
Well, airlines have to very aggressively optimise for efficiency with everything they do. They have huge revenues and very little in the way of profit (about 5%).

It'd be foolish for them to not save money when they can.

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