Originally Posted by HSLD

I don't miss doing revisions, however, I do find it much more of a challenge to study a system or prepare for a check ride when the only ops/flight manuals are on the aircraft.

I think any union facing a company transitioning to ship sets would do well to mandate a robust electronic (PDF) distribution of current flight pubs. At the end of the day, the airman is still responsible for everything in the manuals - make sure you have access to them when you need them!