Effective February 1, Flight Operations will begin a phased approach to replace paper manuals (FM, FOM, and WOM) with sole use of the Class 1 iPad Electronic Flight Bag (EFB).

With this approval, the final steps to fully remove paper manuals from the flight deck will be accomplished pursuant to the below timeline. The requirement to carry paper Jeppesen aeronautical charts, QRH (if installed), hard card checklists and standalone reference guides remains unchanged.

Timeline:

Feb. 1, 2013

Pilots using a traditional pilot maintained flight bag may opt to use the iPad and discontinue carrying the paper WOM. See the Criteria For Pilots To Use iPad In Lieu Of Paper Manuals outlined below.

Feb. 15, 2013

Deadline for all pilots to check out their assigned iPad. Any pilot not having checked out their iPad by this date will be placed on NQ status until doing so. The iPad is required pilot equipment for all flight and training events. To help gain proficiency, the iPad must be used as the primary method for referencing FM, FOM and WOM material. This allows ample time for pilots to become comfortable with using the iPad functions before the paper FM, FOM and WOM are removed in April (see the list of essential skills below).

April 18, 2013

The existing paper FM, FOM and WOM become out of date and obsolete. The iPad is the only authorized source for these manuals on the Flight Deck.