Apparently a long time ago, and before iPads, the government determined that for safety reasons these planes should not be flown without the over 6,000 pages of information that the pilots were carrying onto the flight, every time they flew.
SO ... are you saying that the government should dispense with the requirement that these pilots have this information on these 6,000 pages ... OR ... are you saying that they should go back to carrying the over 6,000 pages of information, instead of an iPad for the pilot? ... LOL ...
Well see those pages didn't magically quit working and thus grounded the flight because someone decided to do an update.
You do understand that point right? The iGadget app glitched and the planes couldn't fly because of Gub'ment rules.
The phrase "single point of failure" comes to mind. If all the airlines adopt the iGadget and a bad update shuts down the system (remember iMaps?) then apparently under FFA rules the planes can't fly according to a Freeper claiming to be a certified pilot. If this is true it is the very definition of a single point of failure.
Maybe some rules about iGadgets for planes adapted to not get automatic system updates or app updates until they are approved by the FAA is an answer or just carry the damn hardcopy in case something goes wrong.