So the instrument panel contains essentials, but lacks company specific procedures. For example: Each airline has a different 'start up' procedures for their pl

So the instrument panel contains essentials, but lacks company specific procedures. For example: Each airline has a different 'start up' procedures for their planes, even the planes they all have, like the 737. It also lacks the thousands of pages of documentation and instructional manuals that are often never used, but required to have. Those documents can get to be +7MB at times, which isn't great if there's no wifi or spotty 3G access. The reason you need internet is because the handbooks are changing constantly, and there are lots of them. What they are adding, at least South West, is a place to mount your tablet in the cockpit, and it's pretty nice how it's positioned (I'd have to ask my gf's dad for the picture he showed me). All in all, it's a great move, and I've heard great feedback from pilots using them.