> There's a D/R situation that's just waiting to happen.
Here's one that occurred just over a month ago, very close to home:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/01/10/injuries-landing.html
> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:45:26 -0600
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: OT: D/R situation in an Airliner
> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
>
> I've also seen a BSOD, but not in the passenger area, it right up there
> with the pilot. And it was not a comforting thing to know that the other
> pilot had a laptop that they would get booted in about 5 minutes. Yes,
> the Airline guys fly with a Flight Management Computer (FMC) and
> autopilot, but when you have to program in the approach you have just
> been given... Its all kinds of fun using a GPS system like I use in GA
> aircraft, as a single pilot (you fly, operate the radio and program the
> GPS). I'm told an airliner's system is a bit more complicated which is
> why the non-flying pilot is a bit busy and focused while doing it. So to
> transfer that information from what you see on your screen to what you
> need in the FMC...
>
> I know of no laptop that I would trust as a pilot, to provide me with
> enroute and approach charts. It gets a little busy up there when you are
> in marginal weather (that is, not quite Visual, not really Instrument),
> forget 0 - 0 type weather. That's why I stay with paper charts.
>
> And you throw in turbulence and have that laptop impact the floor or the
> ceiling, and life could get real ugly with a broken screen, or a dead
> drive, or a cracked M/B, etc.
>
> There's a D/R situation that's just waiting to happen.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Thompson
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