because... Cathay is managed by accountants which are blinded by savings while the rest of the industry passes us by.
Don't act too surprised, they've been studying the EFB for all of 13 years, so I'm sure by the year 2020 we will start putting in some cheap dial-up speed wired internet access into the aircraft that only works at the gate.:roll eyes:
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