But when you peel back their lofty status and record of home runs you usually see a series of hits, misses, whiffs and foul balls along the way.

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British Airways started rolling out iPads to 2, 000 senior cabin crew in late 2011 and are now using them across their entire fleet to tap into customer data, check member status and record meal and beverage preferences, as well as keep track of transfer and final destination details.

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The unit has an LCD panel for status indication including record mode, frame rate, timecode and battery and media remaining time.

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