Originally Posted by
Denti
We used to carry only 2 when it was windows xp based tablet PCs (MIL spec ones). Which was good enough for the last 15 to 20 years or so of paperless operation. Now that we're in our second gen iPad ops we get a spare iPad on each aircraft (additional to the personal ones for each pilot) instead of the spare windows tablet we carry at the moment. Saves 4 kg of weight and quite a few issues with updating and power supply, not to mention training. Dunno if the eQRH is even available for windows XP at all.
How and where is the spare iPad secured? (When they put polar suits on our -777's, quite a few went missing...) Is the spare iPad plugged into maintain charge? Is part of your SOP to preflight the spare wrt charge, currency etc? Do you still have a paper QRH on the airplane?
Thanks for the info (I can see our company moving in the same direction - we have one pubs kit now per aircraft most likely to be none soon enough)
[question for extra credit: If a rogue regime detonated a nuke EMP, what would still work on our airplane? I don't know the answer just thinking out loud...- heard the Boeing military tanker project was running into issues with EMP protection]