In today’s cockpit, where the electronic flight bag (EFB) is rapidly gaining popularity, it is a fair question to ask if the faithful old physical flight bag still has a place.
We’ve carried them for years stuffed with charts, protractors, ERSA, whiz wheels, checklists, pens that don’t work, pens that do work, pencils, erasers, DAPS, ADDGMs and bits and pieces of the AIP. But nowadays, all of that information and capability is contained within a small electronic tablet.
Although CASA and Airservices have approved EFBs like AvPlan and OzRunways as suppliers of charts and other aeronautical publications, the developers of these apps will tell you not to rely on an EFB alone. Although their products are sound, the iPads and other tablet devices that deliver them are not.
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