said by Goldman:The pilot's maps and charts are on the ipad now. It's more convenient to carry one ipad rather than 20 pounds of paper.
I don't think that was his point at all.
His point was that airlines require all electronic devices to be turned off by passengers due to they may interfere with the plane's systems. Yet an iPad in the cockpit where all the instruments are actually located, mysteriously will not cause any interference but the ones belonging to those pesky passengers will.
And I really cannot believe that dropping 33.5 pounds off a plane will save over 1.2 billion dollars a year. Seems like some creative math there.