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#2582
#2583
Buy the cheap laptop. You'll be a salty line holder long before you ever get the EFB.
#2585
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Posts: 758
My understanding is that we will initially not be able to do training on the Surface. We were supposed to get the tablets at the beginning of the year but it keeps getting pushed back. Last that I read, it is planned for September but who knows.
#2586
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Joined APC: Jun 2009
Posts: 5,113
Also, I don't want to be unable to access charts on a dark and stormy night because I installed Norton, and it doesn't like Jeppesen (for example). Conversely, I don't want to go banking on the road, and trusting Delta IT to have properly protected the tablet.
So the question might become whether you want to lug around a laptop and an EFB. I have my own Surface Pro. It won't even run the PBS desktop app, and it's an imperfect device. I'm also not really looking forward to having two devices to carry as the price to pay for my mistrust, but that's the call I'm making.
#2587
So the question might become whether you want to lug around a laptop and an EFB. I have my own Surface Pro. It won't even run the PBS desktop app, and it's an imperfect device. I'm also not really looking forward to having two devices to carry as the price to pay for my mistrust, but that's the call I'm making.
#2589
*phew*
Finished the entire thread but still have a couple questions. I will probably be commuting from SAT for at least a year. Assuming I'm on an -88, any guestimate how long I'll be on reserve, and if trips on the -88 out of ATL are commutable from SAT?
Thanks!
Finished the entire thread but still have a couple questions. I will probably be commuting from SAT for at least a year. Assuming I'm on an -88, any guestimate how long I'll be on reserve, and if trips on the -88 out of ATL are commutable from SAT?
Thanks!
#2590
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Joined APC: Jul 2010
Position: window seat
Posts: 12,522
I'd *guess* you'd likely be on reserve for 2-6 months. Probably 3-4 months. Not sure about the SAT flight schedule, but be wary about trips that start (or end) on Saturday as most markets get a reduced flight schedule. You can block your days and yellow slip when you know you'll get something anyway to try and avoid Saturday starts or ends, unless they are commutable with the reduced schedule of course.
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