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Old 08-14-2025 | 09:10 AM
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Is there WiFi on board dedicated freighters to update the pilots iPads like they have on pax airplanes. How do cargo pilots get updates if there is no wifi...Thanks in advance for all replies.
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Old 08-14-2025 | 10:26 AM
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Is there WiFi on board dedicated freighters to update the pilots iPads like they have on pax airplanes. How do cargo pilots get updates if there is no wifi...Thanks in advance for all replies.
Atlas is in the process of installing WiFi across their freighter fleets. The newest 777s were ordered with the capability installed, but it has not been activated yet. Keep in mind that aircraft were flying around the world without issue looooong before iPads were available.
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Old 08-14-2025 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by xms3200
Is there WiFi on board dedicated freighters to update the pilots iPads like they have on pax airplanes. How do cargo pilots get updates if there is no wifi...Thanks in advance for all replies.
how did we ever fly across the world without WiFi for nearly 80 years? it’s beyond me.
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Old 08-14-2025 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by xms3200
How do cargo pilots get updates if there is no wifi...
How do cargo pilots get updates to what?
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Old 08-14-2025 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
How do cargo pilots get updates to what?
Stocks, crypto, oh and WSI I guess?
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Old 08-14-2025 | 04:54 PM
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Updates to their iPads for wx info
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Old 08-14-2025 | 06:07 PM
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ACARS and weather radar not working?

What about updates to the latest version of Angry Birds?
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Old 08-14-2025 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by xms3200
Updates to their iPads for wx info
it’s called a weather forecast and onboard radar. Really, if you were a real pilot, at some point in your studies, you would come across them. Good grief.
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Old 08-14-2025 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by xms3200
Is there WiFi on board dedicated freighters to update the pilots iPads like they have on pax airplanes. How do cargo pilots get updates if there is no wifi...Thanks in advance for all replies.

Is this a joke?

Have you ever heard of operational control? Dispatches have contact with flights all around the world the whole flight....

Any weather changes or pertinent info that changes thru out the flight will be relayed via, acars, sat phone, HF radio, VHF radio...
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Welcome to the new generation of pilots………
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