Singapore Airlines goes all-in on iPads for pilot flight books

In order to account for weight on the plane, they should charge customers based on the height/weight ratio of their own bodies, after a certain reasonable threshold. Do you think that would be too discriminatory? The Western population, at least, has gotten heavier.

Now, on the topic of iPads, it sounds like pilots are assigned their own iPads, which they carry from one flight to the next, instead of the iPads being assigned to specific planes.

Also, I'm curious about the gradient blue background on those apps. Do they do usability testing to find out if an all-black background would be better for the eyes?

I wonder what iPad Singapore Airline pilots are using? Most pilots I hear prefer the iPad mini. But it hasn’t been updated yet.

coolfactor said:

Now, on the topic of iPads, it sounds like pilots are assigned their own iPads, which they carry from one flight to the next, instead of the iPads being assigned to specific planes.

The article fails to mention that the industry term is Electronic Flight Bag, or EFB’s.

To answer the question above - assigning iPads to each pilot is the usual distribution method. The FAA has different rules for pilot-carried vs permanently installed EFBs, which was the industry’s Initial attempt at digitizing flight deck paperwork.

coolfactor said:

In order to account for weight on the plane, they should charge customers based on the height/weight ratio of their own bodies, after a certain reasonable threshold. Do you think that would be too discriminatory? The Western population, at least, has gotten heavier.

Now, on the topic of iPads, it sounds like pilots are assigned their own iPads, which they carry from one flight to the next, instead of the iPads being assigned to specific planes.

Also, I'm curious about the gradient blue background on those apps. Do they do usability testing to find out if an all-black background would be better for the eyes?

If weight on plane needs to be accurate than charge based on just weight, none of this height to weight ratio nonsense. Also the Western (US) world keeps pointing out their greater affluence as the reason why migrants want to migrate there and the justification for current immigration policy. Since they are so affluent they can afford to pay more to move their fat asses.

The blue background is because it’s one of their corporate colors.

longfang said:

coolfactor said:

In order to account for weight on the plane, they should charge customers based on the height/weight ratio of their own bodies, after a certain reasonable threshold. Do you think that would be too discriminatory? The Western population, at least, has gotten heavier.

Now, on the topic of iPads, it sounds like pilots are assigned their own iPads, which they carry from one flight to the next, instead of the iPads being assigned to specific planes.

Also, I'm curious about the gradient blue background on those apps. Do they do usability testing to find out if an all-black background would be better for the eyes?

If weight on plane needs to be accurate than charge based on just weight, none of this height to weight ratio nonsense. Also the Western (US) world keeps pointing out their greater affluence as the reason why migrants want to migrate there and the justification for current immigration policy. Since they are so affluent they can afford to pay more to move their fat asses.

The blue background is because it’s one of their corporate colors.

In that case, a flat weight requirement would make sense. Each customer has a total weight allowance of let's say, 120kg (body weight plus luggage plus carry ons). So a 60kg person can bring in 60kg of stuff while a 100kg (220 pounds) person can only bring in 20kg of stuff. A 300 pound person gets charged extra even if they come in naked with no bags.