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Well done Sparky I knew you could hit ad hominem in under three replys

I used it because it was used on me. . . and you fellows really deserved it with the degree of nonsense you all were spewing all over the place. Nobody was using the brains God gave you in your rush to blame Apple for the glitch. Not one of you bothered to THINK. You emoted like asshat Liberals. . . so you deserved to be called on it.

I pointed out the flaws in all of your claims. . . the errors in your thinking. IF you had stopped and bothered to think for just a few moments before you rushed to bash, you might have wondered how it would effect just a few flights. . . and not every other plane in the sky that flies with the same software and the iPad. I did. I realized that it could not be a generalized hardware/software issue. It had to be something else. . . localized, to be affecting on a few flights. This is the kind of analysis and diagnoses I do for a living and the headline conclusion simply stunk.

Quick question. Can an Apple iOS update glitch an iPad so that APPs won't work properly or the unit itself won't work properly?

Could an Apple iOS update glitch an iPad (would that be a single iPad or all iPads?) so that APPS won't work properly? Frankly, it could, but it has not yet. iOS 8.3 came out in OCTOBER 2014. . . and airlines have been flying with FlightDeck on iOS 8.3 for some time. That is a time tested number of flights without a glitch. Jeppeson tested their software under iOS 8.3 Beta for some time prior to the release date because it is mission critical. I considered all this in making my opinion and call that it had to be external to the iPad and software.

In other words, Mad Dawgg, I used my BRAIN and THOUGHT it through. None of you characters bothered to do that except Star Traveler and a few other non-Apple bashers, the ones who provided answers. . . not bashing.

"I pointed out the flaws in all of your claims. . . the errors in your thinking. IF you had stopped and bothered to think for just a few moments before you rushed to bash, you might have wondered how it would effect just a few flights.

A few flights? American Airlines reports their entire 737 fleet was affected. And see Sparky AGAIN you have missed the picture. First if you had read my postings I said the APP glitched. Now the APP system was designed by...

Wait for it...

Apple.

Their system is setup to be a single point of failure. One App update OR one software update can render the units so it will not work properly AND BY FAA rules since the unit is in essence the flight plan and the flight plan and documentation is then not available on the flight the plane must be grounded.

And as I am sure you know Apple has issued glitchy updates that cause problems with the units. (can you say Apple Maps debacle? I know you can...)

So to review. FAA approves iPads to be used as Flightplan/documentation for Flights in the USA.

as has been pointed out by a Freeper claiming to be a certified pilot those FAA rules state that if you don't have the flight docs on board the plane doesn't fly.

And as is painfully obvious to anyone with an IQ above 70 an app OR the entire OS can be glitched by an update as you have pointed out ("Frankly, it could, but it has not yet."

And being apparently no one thought to have a backup plan my question is if Apple has an OS glitch that makes the units not perform to the standards the FAA has set, or an app renders the same situation with an update then do the planes just sit there or does someone figure out that Hardcopy should be available so the planes can fly till Apple or the App creator gets a fix?