You might recall that Microsoft scored a bit of a coup by getting Delta Airlines to outfit 11000 pilots with Surface 2 tablets. We’ll it seems if the pilots had their way, the’d have iPads according to AppleInsider:
“We fought hard for iPad,” a pilot working for the airline told AppleInsider. He described the Delta deal as being about money, travel contracts, and Delta’s Information Technology staff historically being “in bed” with Microsoft.
The story goes on to describe the fact that the airline originally looked at iPads after the FAA approved them for cockpit use and Delta had purchased thousands of iPads for it’s ground staff. What’s even more perplexing is the fact that the Surface 2 is not even approved as an electronic flight bag or EFB by the FAA (unlike the iPad). And that this program will only be fully operational in two years. Assuming that this tablet is even available two years from now, which is unlikely given how fast technology changes. That doesn’t sound like a good return on investment.
This I feel will end badly for Delta.
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Delta Pilots “Fought Hard For iPad”
You might recall that Microsoft scored a bit of a coup by getting Delta Airlines to outfit 11000 pilots with Surface 2 tablets. We’ll it seems if the pilots had their way, the’d have iPads according to AppleInsider:
“We fought hard for iPad,” a pilot working for the airline told AppleInsider. He described the Delta deal as being about money, travel contracts, and Delta’s Information Technology staff historically being “in bed” with Microsoft.
The story goes on to describe the fact that the airline originally looked at iPads after the FAA approved them for cockpit use and Delta had purchased thousands of iPads for it’s ground staff. What’s even more perplexing is the fact that the Surface 2 is not even approved as an electronic flight bag or EFB by the FAA (unlike the iPad). And that this program will only be fully operational in two years. Assuming that this tablet is even available two years from now, which is unlikely given how fast technology changes. That doesn’t sound like a good return on investment.
This I feel will end badly for Delta.
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