Ipad's on Alaskan to replace flight bag
Hi all,
Recently I read an article that laid out a plan by Alaskan airlines to have all of their pilots with an ipad by the end of june. Reasoning behind this was the saving of paper and fuel because of the weight and also the ease of updating as well as sourcing items. The article also made the claim that with the ipad it will reduce weight for pilots who are prone to back and neck problems because of 50 lbs flight bags.
Just curious what everyone's thoughts are? I think that implementing an ipad will definitely make it easier to navigate manuals as well as checklists also improving the updating capabilities. On the down side they are still not able to be operated during take off or landing, and I beg the question could they become more of a safety hazard due to all the non aviation related components on the ipad. If it operated similar to the book readers then I see less complications.
Cheers