Alaska Airlines Jettisons Paper Manuals For iPads 220
fullymodo writes "Alaska Airlines has become the first major US airline to hop on board the paperless bandwagon. While it's not quite ready to ditch paper navigation charts just yet (though that is under consideration), the airline has announced that it will be replacing its traditional flight manuals with iPads, which will be loaded up with the GoodReader app and PDFs of 41 different manuals and other materials.' So explain why I have to shut off my non-wi-fi-capable ebook reader during take-off and landing?"
Re:Misunderstanding of intent (Score:5, Funny)
If the plane has a bird strike and has to ditch in the Hudson, they don't want you to miss announcements because you're busy flinging Angry Birds.
And God help you if you fling a bird directly into the engine.
If they were a software company (Score:3, Funny)
They'd patent this idea and then sue anyone who tried to follow suit.