Every Delta Pilot Will Eventually Receive a Surface 2

<p>In quite an interesting announcement&comma; Delta revealed that&comma; over the next two years&comma; its pilots will be given a Surface 2 that will run Windows 8&period;1 RT&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Back in 2011&comma; Delta ran a similar program&comma; the Electronic Flight Bag program&comma; that had pilots receiving iPads&period; However&comma; just recently&comma; the airline decided to stop handing out iPads&period; According to a report on <em>WindowsITPro<&sol;em>&comma; Delta originally intended on using Nokia&&num;8217&semi;s rumored tablet&period; For reasons unknown to us&comma; though&comma; the airline decided to go with the Surface 2&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This news follows reports that flight attendants were given Lumia 820s in order to process payments and track passenger information&period; Without a doubt&comma; this is a big win for Microsoft&comma; and a very interesting move for Delta&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <em><a title&equals;"Delta" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;windowsitpro&period;com&sol;paul-thurrotts-wininfo&sol;delta-distribute-surface-2-pilots" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">WindowsITPro<&sol;a><&sol;em> via <em><a title&equals;"Delta" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;geekwire&period;com&sol;2013&sol;delta-pilots-swapping-ipad-surface-2-tablet&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">GeekWire<&sol;a><&sol;em>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;