Here's how pilots use iPad tablets in the cockpit (Video)

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Adrian Gabor
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[youtube]http://youtu.be/yWzIPVgh1Xg[/youtube]

  American Airlines is the first airline in the US to receive approval from the authorities to replace flight manuals with tablets iPad, and in the video clip above to know a pilot explaining how everything will be used. Practically over 10 KG of books are replaced by iPad tablets mounted on the pilot's left with the help of a special support, and the steps taken now by American Airlines will certainly be repeated by other important airlines.

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13 COMMENTS

  1. I die when I see videos like this with 'pilots use ipad tablets', 'doctors use ipad tablets', 'builders use ipad tablets'

    I'm not saying that they wouldn't use them, but almost every person on the planet uses a mobile phone, it's good that there are no news stories like 'the man who stands at the traffic lights and begs uses a phone'

    really?! we really need this news…. ?!

    I also say, I don't care.

  2. but what do we do with the altitude limitation since it is known that it is not recommended to use them above 3000m. something I tried, the ios runs very hard after you exceed 3000m. I tried it during a plane trip

  3. @traian: For me, the iOS was deactivated after a plane trip to the country, on the way back it didn't say anything.
    @bogdanstefan: Yes, because it is something new for a pilot to use a tablet like this while piloting an airplane and replacing the classic manuals. It would be unusual if a builder would throw away the plans and use tablets on-the-go to adjust construction, etc.

  4. In the plane, the air conditioning is controlled, pressure, etc. What problems would an iPad have here??? I use them constantly on the plane obviously with the radio turned off and it has nothing. The recommendation is in the open air, not by plane...

  5. And something else. In order to use that Ipad as a substitute for the flight manuals, they must receive AAA's approval, which are not so permissive. That says a lot about the quality of the iPad!

  6. I support what @Ioans wrote... I travel regularly in Brazil and every time I had no problem using the ipod / iphone... not to mention that on some races I also have a wifi connection to the internet and everything was ok!

  7. I saw with my own eyes a helicopter pilot using an iPad as documentation, obviously in flight, I had a bit of a bad feeling but.... , .so it is possible

  9. I used the iPhone 4 last summer at an altitude of 3450 - 4100 meters, on the mountain, and it worked perfectly. I played with him at the lodge where I spent two nights @ 3650 m, no problem. I started it even higher, on the routes traveled, it worked without errors.

  13. And from here let's understand what? That they couldn't use any other tablet? It's just a device that contains some documents in a certain format, pdf, blah, blah, blah, what's so special about the iPad?