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I was on one of these flights, and the pilot told us that they actually had the weather information available to them on their iPad. He said the systems that fa

I was on one of these flights, and the pilot told us that they actually had the weather information available to them on their iPad. He said the systems that failed were the ones actually creating the physical printout, which the FAA required for takeoff.

mrandish 5y ago
That actually makes a fair bit of sense. The FAA probably wouldn't have "safety rated" a retail iPad as meeting the primary requirement. The iPad is considered the backup but probably what they use day to day and the printout is technically the primary. So, no printout, no takeoff.