Originally Posted by
Lobaeux
I'm not sure I understand. Both the LOA and the EFB manual stress the pilot is not responsible except in case of willful misconduct. I'm not sure you've ever been issued company materiel before, but this is standard. A police report? Yes, if it's stolen, that's standard.
Where did you hear we were going to have to purchase them 3 years later at retail cost?
Sim data card? In an iPad?
The Jepp updates take moments, it's really not hard to do, it can be done at home before you come in. Wifi will be great at the terminal, but in the length of time it took me to type this, I'd have already finished my Jepp update at home. I not sure I understand the issue with this.
The point is that it is our responsibility to show the breakage was not 'willful misconduct' since they have the power of payroll deduction. You know who you are dealing with right?
If its stolen in the middle of a trip are you going to wait 5 hrs for Boston PD to report a 'stolen iPad'? Really dude? Who takes the delay?
If they do charge you do you really think they apply depreciation to the value? yea right!
And yes...most iPads come with a sim card for data. Yes, it costs more for that version but the corporate data plans are dirt cheap. The other airlines use them.
Try doing an update on your screaming home WIFI when you are in the middle of a 6 day commute/trip and a fed is going along for the ride. Get real.