Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
This is a serious question. The following is from the March 2012 iPad update news letter (red text from the original; all other emphasis added by me):
So based on this, we are getting iPads now but we still have to keep all paper manuals, not just the Jepps. Something else to carry around with no reduction in anything else. You know this is all well and good for the L-UAL side who have ship sets. Why are we issuing these things before we get that FAA approval to actually eliminate the paper versions of these manuals and use the iPad below 10,000 feet?
Will it be a requirement that we have to pick up the iPad or even carry it? If not, I prefer to wait until the FAA signs off on actually being able to use the thing as intended before I get one from the CPO.
At sUA, many of us are thinking the same thing. I won't be picking one up until they make it mandatory. Frankly, it is an almost useless device as currently configured. At some point, it might be useful if they get their crap into a big pile instead of this shotgun approach to its development. Pretty sad that we can't even have a presentation that the GA guys have mostly perfected on the same platform. Good ole UCH IT!
Scott