Something that provides more information more efficiently leads to greater safety.
Take the case of the Gimli Glider. An Air Canada flight ran out of fuel at cruising altitude because of a fueling mistake before take off. The flight was saved because one of the pilots happened to have been stationed at a RCAF base nearby decades before. The pilots were able to divert to the closed air base for a dead stick landing.
The flight was saved because of the odd information that happened to be in the pilot’s head. With an iPad, that kind of information can be in every cockpit on every flight.
I feel better with pilots who have information in their heads.
It’s inconceivable that planes ever flew without them, isn’t it?
They're going to include info on long-closed airports in case of an in-air fuel exhaustion?
I doubt it.
For some reason, it bothers me that an airliner can run out of fuel without the pilot being alerted well ahead of time. Planes don't have a fuel gauge?
The flight was saved because of the odd information that happened to be in the pilot’s head. With an iPad, that kind of information can be in every cockpit on every flight.
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There’s avionics these days that have the same information. Some of the portable versions are very affordable.