Philozarton: No...
I have been critical of e.Digital for trying to make APS seem like much more than it is and revealed that it is a part-time, home-based business owned by a cargo handler for Alaska Airlines.
I have never seen APS or Boyer claim that APS has any certification at all. That claim came from e.Digital in the APS press release. Therefore, I see e.Digital as the deceptive party on that claim.
Boyer desiged the cargo door protector on his website and assisted with the design of the belt loader nose. Both of those designs were sold to Shaw Aero, which manufactures and sells them. Because APS lacks the required certification to sell these types of items to airlines, it does not even sell the devices on its web site to airlines (although Shaw Aero would give Boyer a commission if he initiated a sale).
However, I have been impressed at Boyer's ability to get his IFE business going, including coming up with the money, his agreements with 20th Century Fox, getting publicity from IFE publications, establishing logistics for the transfer facility and now this onboard pay device. He now has a real business address and probably has employees as well. He is advancing his business plan.
He really seems to have the drive and focus to make as good a go of it as possible. I wonder how he feels that one of the companies he engaged to help design and manufacture the device appears to be trying to steal his thunder to pump its stock price.
FWIW, I'm not sure his concept will be wildly successful. But, as I've said more than once, this entrepreneurial cargo handler seems to have much more on the ball than the whole crew at e.Digital which has more excuses than executions of its business plans.