Anyone know why CX feels the need to reinvent the wheel re the EFB?
I see Boeing had just released an iPad app for the 737 QRH (free) its interactive and ticks off just like an electronic checklist plus it combines deferred items for following checklists. (A customized QRH is available for a price).
From flight international Lufthansa is working on a moving map function for the ipad.
Plus there is a system for wireless interaction with the ARINC data bus for maintenance and several other options.
You can already attach a gizmo to swipe a credit card through attached to the ipad for Inflight sales.
We get multiple messages regarding how to put NAVTECH charts onto an ipad.
Technology moves so fast by the time CX gets its EFB sorted out it'll be out of date and the usual waste of $$$ plus the fact all the paper manuals being lugged around and maintained by ground staff must have paid for iPads for all of us by now!
Airlines are looking ahead at future functionality of tablet-based electronic flightbags (EFB) such as the iPad, and several plan to use the devices not only to store aeronautical charts and manuals but to provide additional features such as maintenance logs and extra situational awareness on the ground. Aerospace-built class 2 and class 3 EFBs have traditionally provided this type of information, but these functions are now being integrated into class 1 portable consumer devices as well.
Flight March 4th.
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