Just because airlines are doing it, doesn't mean it's a good idea!
Any portable solution is a LCC solution hence what Jetstar is doing.. They are cheap, nasty and I NEVER fly them domestically for many many reasons
QF - Only on the old 767's from memory ? Given the 737's are arriving with the Panasonic IFE I suspect all 787's will have the same system
AA - No idea but given the age of their planes it doesn't surprise me.
No-one really wants a portable device sitting on the tray table, the ones that attatch to the seat back are OK but it's just another task for the Flight attendants to do on every flight.
On every VA MEL-SYD or MEL-CBR flight the crew struggle as it is to serve food/drinks to everyone. Adding in an portable device to hand out, take a drivers licence and/or payment and they won't get to serve the whole cabin in time!
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