True. It is an interesting tool conceptually. I do like it, but it has a ways to go before being a real value on a daily basis. But like all technology, ya gotta start somewhere. I'm mostly kidding about the tablets thingy. I am just hoping that whatever software we wind up with makes transitioning from.... airport diagram to departure to enroute to.... a simple one and that it allows you to pull up unforeseen changes easily.

Case in point: Anybody been to HND? I have no idea how you are supposed to devise a simple plan for getting in there. You have no real idea as to which arrival you are gonna get until it is assigned (or you prompt center to give you an idea) and even then if your arrival time is right around midnight you could get several different avenues... I had literally briefed 4 different possibilities for the arrival, and each of those had different runway options. After landing it looked like the floor of the stock exchange after Black Monday... I would think this would be a lowest common denominator for devising the software... I digress.