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Old 02-18-2015 | 04:11 PM
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typical41
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Originally Posted by GreatBigSea
Yep. Make sure you check the chart NOTAMs too. I've seen a few instances where the crossing restriction depicted shows at or below, and the chart NOTAM says it should be at or above. And don't rely on the FMS to have the correct stuff in there either. Always verify.
Yeah LIDO products are an absolute liability. They do actually OMIT altitude restrictions. To make a product for use by commercial pilots, that which presents wrong information, and/or omits other important restrictions, relying on pilots themselves to compare every single STAR, DP, IAP to chart notams, is not conducive to safety. Sure you could say that it is every pilots responsibility to compare their charts with all their chart notams, but we are humans, and we will make mistakes and miss stuff. Why use a product such as LIDO that only serves to further expose human error? We are using a product that increases the likelihood of pilot deviations. It is a choice our leaders have made. In order to put that in terms of CRM and that damn swiss cheese model of Threat & Error Management that they teach to us....we just CHOSE to add a bunch more holes to the damn cheese. Yay.

The fact that these are electronic charts and that they are so unwilling to update the charts correctly, in a timely manner, is pathetic. LIDO is known for their absolute unwillingness to work with their customers, or lack thereof. Fedex and pinnacle got rid of them for a reason. Sometimes you just cannot sacrifice safety in order to save a buck.

At least we don't have to do revisions. That is nice. I only wish we went with electronic jepps.