If they are going to make everything electronic then it is time for a laptop computer allowance. I am all for making everything electronic but it can't be done without ALL of the pilots having laptops. There is already so much info that is only available online that it is nearly impossible to fly an international trip without a laptop. When you factor in our short one hour show times for trans oceanic flights and getting dropped off directly at the airplane at most places overseas, how are you supposed to check everything out if you didn't start at the hotel?
Instead of going through the hassle of issuing one and hiring a bunch of IT guys to maintain them and then give us some piece of junk, why don't they just give everyone 1,000 bucks to go get there own? It makes sense to me and I know that other airlines have done this in the past.
Seems like a simple solution to me.