767 refurbs - ipad safety

[trippin_the_rift]

One of the reasons airlines use standard IFE screens is the safety these have when things go wrong that the screens can't hurt passengers.

iPads have glass screens that are not too difficult to break. So when we're in the brace position and hit the ground/bad turbulance those glass screens are going to smash straight into your eyes.

Anyone have experience with how tight they are fitting to the seats infront?

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[yohy?!]

interesting point, presumably this design had to receive CASA approval where they took into account high speed stops?

i would imagine they are adequately attached to avoid an in-air decompression or heavy turbulence anyway, would their glass really be that much stronger than any other IFE seat back screen out there?

 

[trippin_the_rift]

i would their glass really be that much stronger than any other IFE seat back screen out there?

normal IFE = plastic
ipad = glass

I know which one is more durable

 

[milehighclub]

No safety problem at all as the ipads have to be stowed in the seat pocket for take off and landing.

 

[yohy?!]

normal IFE = plastic
ipad = glass

I know which one is more durable

even for the newest IFE like CX which is an LCD monitor? these are glass too right, albeit not the same type as ipad?

 

[Justinf]

No safety problem at all as the ipads have to be stowed in the seat pocket for take off and landing.

What about sudden heavy midflight turbulence?

 

[simongr]

That would be no different to all the other items in the cabin like laptops, books, bottles of wine, small children, handbags...

 

[ashleyn]

The fit in the seat pocket is not very tight. If mounted as suggested in the back of seat fitting, there would not be much chance of it coming loose during turbulence.

 

[auskiwiflyer]

No safety problem at all as the ipads have to be stowed in the seat pocket for take off and landing.

LOL..

Immanent Crash Approaching...

Cabin Crew "BRACE BRACE .. oh **** stow away ipads .. BRACE"

The brace position has your head & arms exactly where the iPads appear to be. :S

 

[milehighclub]

The fit in the seat pocket is not very tight. If mounted as suggested in the back of seat fitting, there would not be much chance of it coming loose during turbulence.

There is a seat mount as well to secure it during the flight. It slides in and holds it and eye level. For landing, it's simply removed and stowed in the seat pocket.

 

[ajw373]

That would be no different to all the other items in the cabin like laptops, books, bottles of wine, small children, handbags...

Whilst that is true, there is a difference is the QTY of them about, so would pose a far greater risk. Though I do trust the powers that be have considered all the consequences and catered for them somehow.

 

[Jack_OC]

iPads have glass screens that are not too difficult to break. So when we're in the brace position and hit the ground/bad turbulance those glass screens are going to smash straight into your eyes.

If an iPad screen breaks, does the glass really shatter and come loose like you're suggesting? I haven't seen an iPad screen break, but I have had an iPhone screen break (I knocked it off a bench and it fell face down onto a tiled floor). The glass badly cracked, but no fragments came loose. I'm assuming an iPad screen is made of the same material?

 

[Edge]

in my recent flying experiences probably upwards of 20% of pax seem to be using their own tablets or laptops in flight anyway..

 

[simongr]

I was going down that line myself but in absolute terms now there are 200 PEDs potentially being used as opposed to 40 so there must be some appreciable increase in risk profile.

 

[CaviAck]

If an iPad screen breaks, does the glass really shatter and come loose like you're suggesting? I haven't seen an iPad screen break, but I have had an iPhone screen break (I knocked it off a bench and it fell face down onto a tiled floor). The glass badly cracked, but no fragments came loose. I'm assuming an iPad screen is made of the same material?

It should be Gorilla Glass from Corning. Also I suspect that it's smash qualities is similar to that of your windscreen, it'll fracture but will hold together, any fragments coming off would require chipping away at it. (Haven't seen a iPad crack but have seen plenty of cracked iPod touch, iPhones and iPad screens all seem to have fractured glass but no fragments missing)

 

[chrisb]

Go to google images and put in cracked ipad. They seem to hold together like iPhones.

 

[simongr]

But do they blend?

[video=youtube;USiaeXzYkOE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USiaeXzYkOE[/video]

 

[medhead]

iSmoke, don't breathe it in.