Ba da daɗewa ba iPads za su kasance a ko'ina a cikin jirgin saman Amurka, amma kada ku yi tsammanin matukan jirgi za su yi wasa "Angry Birds" maimakon kula da hanyar jirgin.
AA tana ƙoƙarin tafiya duk-dijital a ƙarshen 2012, yana maye gurbin manyan jakunkuna 35-labaran matukin jirgi cike da sigogin kewayawa, littattafan log da sauran kayan aikin jirgin tare da allunan Apple mai nauyin kilo 1.5.
Wannan mataki ne da kamfanin jirgin ya ce zai tanadi akalla dala miliyan 1.2 a shekara, bisa farashin man fetur na yanzu.
"Hakan ma a kan ƙananan ƙarshen," in ji Capt. David Clark, wani matukin jirgi na AA mai aiki kuma mai magana da yawun kamfanin. "Hakika, mun san abin da kowane jirgin sama ke ƙonewa dangane da nauyin nauyi a kowace awa, don haka kowane fam, za ku iya auna konewar mai."
iPads ba sababbi ba ne a wurin. Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta Tarayya ta amince da amfani da allunan a cikin 2011, amma Ba’amurke ne mai jigilar kayayyaki na farko da ya sami amincewar hukumar don yin amfani da su a cikin jirgin a duk matakan tashi daga kofa zuwa ƙofa, ciki har da lokacin sauka da tashi.
Yawancin kamfanonin jiragen sama suna amfani da aikace-aikacen jirgin sama, waɗanda ba sa buƙatar Wi-Fi da zarar an shigar da su akan allunan.
Clark ya ce an tsara wannan shiri ne don ba wai kawai ceton kuɗin Amurka ba ne, tun da kowace jakar jirgin ta ƙunshi dubban shafuka waɗanda dole ne a sabunta su akai-akai, don zama mahimmin tanadin lokaci.
"Yana daukan ni ko'ina daga minti 30 zuwa sa'a daya, sa'a daya da rabi, don sake dubawa don fitar da tsohon shafin kuma sanya sababbin shafuka a ciki. Wannan shine akalla sau uku zuwa hudu a wata," in ji shi.
Kuskuren mai amfani na kuskuren sanya shafi a nan ko a can za a kawar da shi, yana inganta daidaiton sigogin kewayawa. "Mun sami dukkan sigoginmu a cikin tsarin dijital," in ji Clark. “Kowace mako biyu, muna samun bita. Yana tura sabuntawa, muna taɓa gunkin, kuma yana ɗaukakawa. "
Kawar da buƙatun ramukan takarda kowane kitbag na buƙata wani abin la'akari ne, da kuma hana raunin mutum.
"Kowace jaka na iya auna nauyin 35 zuwa 45," in ji Clark. "Yana da ingancin rayuwa. Muna da matukan jirgi da yawa a cikin waɗannan ƙananan ƴan kukpitoci waɗanda ke ƙoƙarin sanya jakunkuna a cikin ƙananan ƙananan (yankuna). Mun ga tsokoki da raunuka a bakin aiki. "
United Airlines ba ta da takarda tun shekarar da ta gabata, inda ta raba iPads 11,000 ga dukkan matukan jirgi na United da Continental don amfani da su a cikin jirgin. Ba a sani ba ko ko yaushe United za ta dace da Amurkawa wajen samun amincewar FAA don amfani da iPad yayin duk matakan jirgin.
Delta ta ce duk da cewa ta na yin gwajin motsi zuwa na'urar jakar jirgi, amma ba a yanke shawarar zuwa kwamfutar ba tukuna.
Yayin da iPad shine kawai kwamfutar hannu a halin yanzu ta amince da FAA don maye gurbin kayan aikin jirgin na yanzu, sauran allunan kuma ana iya ba su izini.
"Yana da canjin wasa," in ji Clark. "Ina cikin shekara ta 23 (tare da American Airlines). Idan kawai ka tashi tafiya ɗaya tare da ni, za ka iya ganin bambanci mai ban mamaki duk wannan nauyin, da kuma duk abin da ke tattare da yin duk waɗannan bita na iya haifar. "
Ya fahimci cewa masu amfani za su iya damuwa game da wasa wasanni ko wasu abubuwan ban sha'awa na iPad su dauke hankalin su.
"Mu ƙwararru ne, muna da dokoki da muke bi, kuma lasisinmu da ma'aikatan jirgin sun dogara ne akan kasancewarmu ƙwararru da bin ƙa'idodi. Kuma matukan jirgin mu sun kware a haka. Mu ‘yan sanda ne da kan mu, don haka za mu sa ido.”
