Originally Posted by
higgi8f6
Yeah, but it is better than nothing and it is going on the planes we own so at least once the money is spent they aren't going anywhere else (who am I kidding, who would want them anyways;-)
The problem with the interiors is not so much the side panels but the lights that shine on them. The sidewall lights are all different shades of white. I was on one of the 300's non-reving the other day and swore I was in a psychedelic disco. Every panel was a different color. You would be amazed at how many shades of white in light bulbs there are.
Back on subject, the EFB's will be welcome to me. Basically we are getting them for free. Hopefully the company will see how well they work and maybe they will expand them. Financially, they would save thousands on not have to keep 500 copies of Jeppeson's up-to-date instead just 110 computers in aircraft. It's the normal wait and see game.
That is true, now that you mention it. Half of the reason for the yellow side panels is the yellow lights!
As far as the EFBs go then it won't hurt since they are free, but I could think of better ways to spend that money.
Even if they did install the EFBs in all the airplanes, wouldnt they have to be on both the Kaptns side as well as the F/Os for us not to have to carry our books?
I don't get why they give us all our own Jepps and all that, when if they just had an up to date set in each airplane, every pilot wouldnt need their own and it would save a ton of money, as well as a bunch of handles on flight cases.
Theres around how many, 450 pilots at PDT? Thats 450 Jepps, and revisions for them. If they just had an up to date set in each airplane for both crewmembers to use, it would be around 100 Jepp books, as opposed to 450.