United Airlines have announced that it is converting to paperless flight decks and deploying 11,000 iPads to all United and Continental pilots. The electronic flight bags (EFB) replace paper flight manuals, providing pilots with paperless aeronautical navigational charts through an iPad app.
This example of one of the world’s top companies shows that traditional way of using a computer are a thing of the past. Interacting with the digital world ist best done by using either your finger or a dedicated pen, such as Wacom’s Bamboo Stylus. View United Airline’s full press release here.
