Tech takeoff

From class to glass and beyond, digital  technologies are set to revolutionise aviation

In today’s aviation environment when close to every aspect of flying is digitally integrated, new aviation recruits who have lived their entire lives in the Internet era bring a mind-set to the job that is wired for connectivity.

For trainee pilots that means using iPad apps, electronic flight bags instead of manuals and charts for flight planning and piloting glass cockpits that are banked with touch screens linked to databases and maintenance applications instead of analogue instrument panels.