Per
Year Apple IPads Saving US Air Force $5.7 Million
The US
Air Force lately abandoned 40 pounds value of paper maps, charts, logs and
other paperwork from its aircraft. That paper was replaced with Apple iPads and
the price savings are amazing.
The iPad devices which are deployed to 18,000
planes are economy the Air Force an estimated $5.7 million per year.
The iPads are being called an “electronic flight bag” because
they hold flight manuals, weather and navigation charts and various pieces of
technical and procedural information. In the past a flight bag would contain 30
to 40 pounds worth of materials.
The iPad flight bags are expected to save $750,000 on fuel costs
each year alone.
The Air Force spent $9 million to procure the Apple iPads which
means the agenda will pay for itself after just 18 months.
Apple iPad units
are all of the Wi-Fi only variety with 32GB of internal storage. Apple provided
the devices with a bulk discount rate of $520 per unit, a savings of nearly $80
per unit.
In some cases the size of the aircraft can mean bigger savings.
For example, a C-5 military aircraft can save 490 pounds in paper weight thanks
to the use of a single iPad.
The Air Force has deployed 16,000 third-generation iPads to its
Air Mobility Command while the rest have been deployed to various other
divisions of the US Air Force.
Switching from paper documents to Apple iPad and other tablet
devices is becoming average practice in the aviation manufacturing. Many
commercial airlines have equipped flight attendants, pilots and other personnel
with tablet PCs in place of heavy and cumbersome paper documents.
Do you think touching from printed
documents to lightweight iPad and other tablet devices is a smart
move for the US Air Force and commercial airlines?
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