Okay, I'll admit to being a late adopter on the surface. My content locker on my ipad was lockup and crash prone to the point I stayed using paper until the end.

The issues I have with the surface after a short usage period is a pretty short list.

Lack of ball notes on the chart. Lack of area charts in the airport menu. Inability to have the approach and taxi diagram up at the same time (if there's a way to do this plz share).

Also, it would be nice to have the delta app available that let's you watch one of the delta movies on the commute in a wifi enabled jet.

I haven't set up my private partition yet, but I think when these few things are fixed, I'll be a surface fan.

 

I've been 100% Apple/Mac since ~2000, so I'm predisposed to be anti-Surface, and having used the iPad at JB, there definitely is some stuff the iPad does better (notably Jepps). All that said, I'd say the Surface is growing on me and I think it will be solid. Things I can still grump about:

Windows RT is to "real" Windows like Dominos is to "real" American-style Pizza. It looks the same from a distance, but isn't. And even if it was, it would be heavier, slower, and overall not nearly as good as the stuff made in Naples (or Cupertino, as it were).

The battery logic, or lack thereof. Leave it plugged in all night in the hotel only to find neither of the batteries decided to charge because you forgot to follow all the trouble-shooting steps.

Ball notes… please.

Crashes and spinning beach balls (but the iPad used to crash as well, especially with the Comply365 app).

The combination EFB mount and defibrillator. Probably not a problem for 20 year old eyes, or those in wider cockpits, but for us mere mortal narrow-body types, I get the choice between reading at Rainman-esque distances that undershoot my bifocals or having the Surface hit the yoke in the flare… though it works pretty well if you affix it to the front windscreen. I got weird looks from the Capt and passengers when I decided just to strap it to my left leg on a kneeboard (I'd have used my right leg, but that's where my Captain America coloring book goes), but that was probably because I forgot to take them off during our inflight break.

 

April 'A' bid results available through the back door. Didn't check 'em all, but a few were there.

Start with the backdoor jokes riiiigggghhtttt Meow!

 

Is the hat now mandatory??

 

Is it just me, or did the reroute grievance just come out in our favor pretty big?

 

Double Breasted Sky Nazis!

 

Dude, that was funny.

 

I'm not a smart man, but I think you're correct.

 

Used to be predictable underboob on Fridays, now it's just backdoor jokes on the 13-15th of each month. Even the APC has gone LGBT.

 

I really don't see much change..I think anytime you are rerouted it should instantly be time and 1/2 pay..Right now, scheduling uses line holders as reserve pilots to cover open time..14 hours out is a long time! I do not see any real change to the way things are going right now. Scheduling usually gets you back on your original rotation now after doing some extra flying. Maybe I didn't read the email correctly, but these are my thoughts. Just think how much money the company is saving by rerouting pilots. It keeps them from calling someone out on a whiteslip or greenslip.