Hi Bob - sorry but I am going take exception to what you seem to be
suggesting. United is replacing paper manuals and charts with a mobile
electronic device - seems like a logical and sound approach to
information/data management. The press release says nothing about tin
whiskers nor contains information on the use or backup protocol for device
operational use. Without additional information and explanation,
suggesting there is a tin whisker problem is how rumors get started. We
certainly don't need to cause added frenzy without adequate information. I
suggest we get additional information before we plow down that road.
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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http://www.calce.umd.edu/articles/abstracts/2011/Tin_whisker_Toyota_throttle_abstract.html
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United Airlines Invests in 11,000 iPads
All United and Continental pilots will be armed with iPads before the year
is out.
Apple just this year replaced all of the paper signage across its Apple
Stores with iPads and now it seems another major company has decided to
take a portion of its business the paperless route.
United Airlines this week announced that it will adopt a paperless flight
deck and distribute 11,000 iPads to United and Continental pilots as part
of a new electronic flight bag scheme. United said in a statement that
the electronic flight bags (EFB) will replace paper flight manuals, and,
a first for major network carriers, provide pilots with paperless
aeronautical navigational charts through a special iPad app, Jeppesen
Mobile FliteDeck.
"The paperless flight deck represents the next generation of flying," said
Captain Fred Abbott, United's senior vice president of flight operations.
"The introduction of iPads ensures our pilots have essential and
real-time information at their fingertips at all times throughout the
flight."
A conventional flight bag full of paper materials contains an average of
12,000 sheets of paper per pilot. United says that each 1.5 iPad will
replace 38 pounds of paper operating manuals, navigation charts,
reference handbooks, flight checklists, logbooks and weather information
in a pilot's flight bag.
"The green benefits of moving to EFBs are two-fold-it significantly
reduces paper use and printing, and, in turn, reduces fuel consumption,"
United said in a statement. "The airline projects EFBs will save nearly
16 million sheets of paper a year which is equivalent to more than 1,900
trees not cut down. Saving 326,000 gallons of jet fuel a year reduces
greenhouse gas emissions by 3,208 metric tons."
Distribution of the iPads began earlier this month, with all pilots
expected to have them by the end of 2011.
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/United-Airlines-ipad-flight-bag-maps,news-12273.html
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