Putting engineering tools in the hands of pilots. Here's my presentation which I gave at the Aircraft Commerce Flight Ops Conference at London Heathrow on the 28th November 2012

1. no fault
FOUND
Putting Engineering Tools in the Hands of Pilots
6th Annual Flight Ops Conference
London – 28th November 2012

2. Hello…. I’m
PAUL SAUNDERS
@conduce paul.saunders@conduce.net

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13. picture courtesy of Michael Denis

15. this dirty finger print,
faxed, paper bullshit
has got to stop NOW!
it is KILLING our industry….

16. the solution?

21. THE PROBLEMS
expensive
slow
same old software
limited battery life

22. THE PROBLEMS
expensive
slow
same old software
limited battery life

24. “…WE WANT IPADS”
cheaper
faster
cool software
all day battery life
left brain appeal

25. not without
PROBLEMS

26. the five
DOS & DO
NOT DOS
for putting
ENGINEERING TOOLS ON
A PILOT’S

27. its all about the use case

28. do not assume comms
will be problem free

30. do not forget plan B

31. …and plan C and D

32. do get a decent case

33. do make contextual apps

34. the next solution?

35. regulators like
EXTERNAL STORAGE

37. THANK YOU
@conduce
paul.saunders@conduce.net
www.conduce.net
www.slideshare.net/thesaundi

38. more information >
image credits:
Most images sourced via Creative Commons Licenses on Flickr and Wikipedia.
Most of the old images were taken from the Commons on Flickr via the Library of Congress Photostream
The images of iPads in use by airline staff were all taken from the airline’s own press releases.
Thanks also to carsonified.com & lostandtaken.com for the other free backgrounds
Thanks to the following Flickr users: Baldiri and Mag3737 and to Michael Denis from InfoTrust
All logos and product images were taken from vendor websites. Icons used are from the Symbolicons icon set.
The rest were screenshots or my own photos & images.
source data:
Most data for this presentation has come directly or indirectly from Apple Inc.
Unless specific surveys or data sources were identified all information is anecdotal.
Information sources include but are not limited to:
Wired, Engadget, Gizmodo, Flight Global, Slideshare, Tech Crunch, TNW, United Airlines, Panasonic
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Thank you - Paul