all B bids are out

From what I'm hearing, there will be no moving map, hence no onboard GPS. Just in case anyone important is on this board, for us polar guys, availability of sectionals for northern Canada and Russia would be more than widely applauded.

Not just polar ops, I think all pilots would like to see the aircraft position on the airport taxiways with the ability to high light the instructed taxi route.

Thanks again to Nerds of APC. That was great and I enjoyed replies on the different ways to skin the preverbal windows cat. Chuck416, I am going the other way, from Super Premium International to the short bus and I am sure that I will be having my adjustment period also.:eek:;)

When the media froths about piloting and suggests that, when in trouble, our first reaction is to scream Mayday over the radio like some B movie... along comes Sully to set them straight. How lucky are we to have this guy as a faceman for our profession?

BBC News - Flight MH370: Pilot Sullenberger on emergency priorities

Wow.

I thought the whole point was to get a device with GPS so it could have moving map with a real-time weather overlay...and keep track of us (sign us in automatically, etc). I wasn't a huge fan of that feature, but SD hyped it a while back.

So the guy in 2C and wifi will always have more actionable weather info than we will. Sweet.

Will this device be able to receive flight plans, etc? Would be nice to get away from the colossal waste of paper.

Initially no GPS, no moving map, no turbulence or weather overlay. On the last revision of the Jepp FD Pro it did have taxi-chart upon landing and moving map for taxiing (iPad). There are on 5 Surface 2's with current info on them. AirWatch is unable to update the Surface at this point. All these add-on's are on the wish list but I don't think any other carriers are using them either. The Bad-Elf is pretty cool and the Stratus (ADS-B and free weather overlay) are pretty slick but currently not certified for us.

What a waste. Just looked at my neighbors brand new iPad air 16 G tablet issued by usairways/American. GPS and moving map. Especially useful on the ground as you can also highlight your taxi route on the 10-9 with your jet superimposed on it

Microsoft Surface?!?!??

The Apple Ipad Air 16GB is $500.

No way they'd spend that kind of coin on a bunch of high paid union types. FA's maybe. :D

Nope, we waited until we found someone who'd pay us to use their tablets. :cool:

The Surface was the price we had to pay, to win Microsoft as our biggest corporate client.

You see all that growth in SEA?

You like growth?

You like new hires?

You want more growth?

You want some more A330's, maybe some 717's on the west coast?

You'll learn to like the Surface...:rolleyes:

Now, shut up and row! Richard's got to get paid!