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JetBlue Pilots to Receive M1 iPad Pro
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That's part of it, but also if they're outfitting the entire fleet, this is going to be a very large one-time expenditure, and shareholders generally want to know about these things.If you think about this, it’s pretty weird companies announce this. Imagine they communicate which kind of vacuum cleaners they bought.
They just want to ride the Apple-is-cool-so-we-are-too train.
but good for them and their pilots
I use my iPad Pro 11" in small airplanes several times a month with no overheating issues. And we hit 100°F here earlier this week. No Air Conditioning in most of the stuff I fly.
I suppose I should quantify overheating... the device heats up, and dims the screen to an unreadable level when used in bright sunlight. I have this issue both with an iPad Pro at work (in an air conditioned cockpit), as well as on my iPhone during fun flying. The iPhone 12 is by far the worst offender of the two (could it be the OLED screen?). Perhaps you just don't fly enough to have this issue come up often. It's annoying enough that my employer is moving to Garmin 760s instead of the iPad.
So why not announce that they're using Dyson V11 Animals to clean the planes?
That is the vacuum of choice for a tech savvy individual, no?
Meanwhile, doesn't every Boeing plane have a whole binder full of hundreds of floppy discs that they need to have inserted into the onboard computer once a month, to make sure the maps and whatnot are all kept up to date? If you want to reassure me that you're not cheaping out on your tech... start there, please.
I'm invested in Airbus primarily because I don't think Boeing actually has engineers at the company anymore. In every single domain that Boeing is in, the company is nothing but a dumpster fire. Their passenger planes have a reputation for falling apart midair and/or crashing. They can't deliver military planes ever. SLS has been in development for 3 decades and is using parts that are 5 decades old, but the vehicle hasn't so much as hopped nevermind actually taken anything to orbit ever. And Starliner, after a decade in development, failed to actually make it to the ISS when that was its primary objective on a test flight.
What does someone think when they choose to invest in Boeing? What can anyone point at that the company is competently doing, besides taking the government on a metaphorical ride on taxpayers dimes? (Even that's not going well - a lot of government organizations have announced that they don't even talk with or consider Boeing anymore, given their track record over the past few decades has been so abysmal.)
They should invest in some state of the art software for their iPads:
www.avtech.aero
And not just use them as fancy binders
AVTECH website
www.avtech.aero
I’m more a fan of foreflight it’s one of the best electronic flight bags out there.They should invest in some state of the art software for their iPads:
And not just use them as fancy bindersAVTECH website
Avtech stuff is nothing like foreflight, they aren’t even competing.
Avtech is state of the art, in route, wind analysis for optimizing flights to save fuel and avoid turbulence.
Avtech is state of the art, in route, wind analysis for optimizing flights to save fuel and avoid turbulence.
I remember USMC pilots using iPads for maps, mission info, NATOPs, etc. back when airlines wouldn’t even let you turn a cellphone on. It’s about time they introduced this.
Yes, true. But it’d be even better to have some sort of display that would allow one to ”snap in” an iPad for use as a display, as opposed to some sort of Airplay-style one.
That'd be awesome and worth a lot of $$$. I was once passenger in a 4-5 passenger dual prop piper from Copenhagen to Schipol. When we landed there was thick fog and the pilot got lost and taxied across an active runway and got an earful from tower. He was an inexperienced hobby pilot, he shouldn't have landed at all in the thick fog and wind that almost blew us over sideways with a heavy gust when landing (tower already suggested he redirect but gave him the final choice).
Anyway, we got very lucky in several ways that day and I can see taxi maps being very useful in various complex airport layouts, sometimes with bad signs or in fog. He was asking tower for help and still got confused.
Wouldn't be surprised if Apple paid JetBlue to make this announcement. Or heavily subsidized the cost of the iPads, not that JetBlue requires the subsidies. I mean, JetBlue's own statement reads like an Apple marketing line.
It's like when all the NFL coaches carry a Microsoft Surface or when Ronaldo appears behind a bottle of Coke. Drink water.
It's like when all the NFL coaches carry a Microsoft Surface or when Ronaldo appears behind a bottle of Coke. Drink water.
I'm surprised they haven't focused on the several pounds of fuel saved by ditching those heavy handbooks.
They may have a marketing contract with Apple, to mutually promote their partnership.If you think about this, it’s pretty weird companies announce this. Imagine they communicate which kind of vacuum cleaners they bought.
They just want to ride the Apple-is-cool-so-we-are-too train.
but good for them and their pilots
I’m not sure printing is all that costly, these are $1000ish devices.
However all the paper they replaces is VERY heavy, and that paper goes in an aircraft, so it costs fuel. Throw that in and the number of flights to break even goes down even more…but I still expect it break eve isn’t in a handful of flights range, or even a dozen…but I could believe a few dozen…maybe under a year’s worth?
Unless they need to write custom apps (and test them)…but even if they did they had prior deployments of non-M1 (and likely non-Pro) iPads, so if they need custom apps they are likely already written and need at most minor changes.
Yeah, ok you cought me thinking out loud, and only “mostly agreeing” here.