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Old 08-30-2017 | 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by flyallnite
I don't see what the hold up is on the data cards. They are just sim cards... cross platform. They work on any tablet. In the meantime, we've got international crews sitting among the passengers in the gate area trying to pirate questionable wifi signals so they can get a flight plan, weather, and maintenance information about the flight. Every other airline has data. They do their jobs in the cockpit, like professionals, out of sight and sound and earshot of the passengers. It's been 3 years...
Yes and that is a big IF the wifi works at any particular international airport and IF the surface decides to play and actually connect and IF the speed of said WIFI is sufficient to download a flightplan during the duration of a pre-preflight. It's presently 50/50 at best.