Originally Posted by
NoSoupForYou
Hey gang-
I was surprised to see that the SMGCS low-vis taxi Jepps are not geo-referenced in Flitedeck Pro on our company-issued tablets. That is, they won't display our present position on those charts. The regular 10-9 taxi pages are geo-referenced and display our position just fine. But not any SMGCS pages, or for that matter the 10-9B ramp charts.
Just wondered if this is the norm.
Thanks!
PS- Also surprised that there isn't a dedicated tablet or "Electronic Flight Bag" section here on APC.
FedEx iPad are working the same way with FD Pro. Ownship displayed on 10-9 only - no SMGCS or Ramp. GPS is from internal iPad, not anything external (on ours).
I can see not having the ramp, but it seems like SMGCS would be an obvious bonus. However, there have been times that it takes a while (or never) to gonculate position after landing and won't display it. When we first got them, company policy prohibited use of that option (still does with the enroute position display).
Perhaps it's liability thing. Can't throw it all back at the pilots when they have a runway incursion at 300 RVR if they can claim the iPad made them do it.