Originally Posted by
strfyr51
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What actual difference does it make HOW it came about? Because just llke everything Else, Unless they issue the iPad to EACH pilot and make THEM Personally responsible for them? As usual, it will fall on Maintenence
to replace them after they're abused or stolen from one airplane to another after one doesn't work somewhere and a Captain will tell some Controller they can't Possibly open a flight bag and READ the flight manual anymore. Just like we've had refusals for Autobrakes, Autothrottles an Adiru being inop (when there are Three on board. Or an Apu being inop Flying over Mountains west of Denver, as if having the APU is going to help the airplane in GETTING over the Mountains. So No, I don't care essentially about the ipad OR the EFB just the added BS it will bring after it's installed. Heck I'm still wondering How some crew's flew BEFORE we had autoland to hear all the "Caterwauling" I hear when it's inop. JEEZ!
Just seems like another "Bell and Whistle" to me..
It matters to me how things come about when I see the same pilots on sa wasting time and money. The shipsets getting done was just ridiculus, but those same guys will be on sa for the next project.
As far as caterwauling over no a/l sorry in 26 years have never seen this. I am sure you see more of it but most of the time I see an a/c refusal the crew can justify their decision.
I have also seen much better communication at ord anyhow between the mx and pilots discussing problems with a/c.