FAs — Someone Wants To "Incentivize" You!

Feb. 5, 2013
Fly Desk provides every flight attendant (FA) on participating airlines’ crews with an iPad that “digitizes” reports and manuals while providing a secure communication tool and does a bunch of other things

I got a most interesting press release recently. Allegiant Systems’ iPad based Fly Desk provides every flight attendant (FA) on participating airlines’ crews with an iPad that “digitizes” reports and manuals while providing a secure communication tool and does a bunch of other things. This will be a big boon to the airline and — surprise, surprise — also to the FAs.

The twist is that the iPad is the FA’s to use both professionally and personally. The FA can load his/her own music and other programs and use the iPad at home. The company says that with iPads selling at $399 up, this will be a great fringe benefit for the FA as well as the airline.

Sounds good to me, and the company offered to let me talk with an FA who is already using the system to get his/her personal reaction. We couldn’t get that set up before press time, but I’ll report back to you with a comment on this blog right after I talk with the FA.

I will say right now that it’s a great thing that someone is paying some attention to FAs. It’s about time.