Originally Posted by acl65pilot

Flight Ops have stated that they will not monitor our devices. For me it was a personal choice, not one that will drive DAL towards a decision. With 11,800 pilots it is a business decision, and any thing that is self selecting will have a 20-30% participation rate if we have to pay for it. That is why the decision to outfit Flight Ops with EFB's of any sort will be a decision that goes to the highest levels of DAL for funding approval. It also goes farther than just buying the darn devices. It also surrounds support, a device that supports modifications to our enterprise, has latitude from the maker and OS provider to make changes and to allow DAL the access to modify programs as needed.

Because of all of this and more, what a few hundred to a a few thousand pilots do with a ipad is totally inconsequential. To go live and see the real saving of the removal of all of those books in each jet, requires a corporate plan with a major expenditure not just on the devices but on the software and support. Buying our own may be offered but again it will be a short term solution to a hurdle not the final policy and plan.