Just a question from a non-ipad guy:
Has anyone used the checklist pro app from foreflight? It is originally listed for the iphone but says it is available for the ipad. I know some apps that are built for the iphone don't translate well onto the ipad (newspapers, etc).

They seem to be one of the only people putting out a checklist app. We're looking to have some good functionality out of our ipad (and not pay Gulfstream 4,000 dollars to update our electronic checklist!).

Any feedback is appreciated.

 

IMO running a checklist on an ipad would be rather cumbersome, if not downright stupid.

Would you mount it somewhere? - another thing I'd not suggest as just takes up valuable cockpit space...to do what? look at a jepp plate or play with your neat foreflight app? no thx.

I just dont see an ipad as anything more than a chart viewer and document storage...unless one wants half-developed crap cluttering up the cockpit. bluetooth gps units, charging cords, etc..to me it works best for jepps by leaving it beside your seat or in the cockpit storage closet etc.

I watch guys take 4X longer to find info on a damn ipad as it takes to look at a trip sheet, a single page checklist, etc....the neat factor wears off quick and its simply becomes technology overkill at its best....a pilot specialty!

Good Luck

 

Delta has distributed 50 tablet PCs to pilots for review and comment on their feasability as an electronic flight book. A PDF Reader, while very useful, is not what the Senior VP of flight ops is looking for...he wants something more integrated and easy to use. We'll probably have a decision by this fall on what we'll use.

The selling point for the company is the weight savings of two flight kits distributed over 700 aircraft and thousands of flights daily in an effort to save every bit of fuel.

I own an IPad and am a big fan. I've got all my Airbus pubs and applicable jepps for any trip I fly. Also have the Skycharts app for IPad that uses all the NACO charts, TPCs and area charts for anywhere in CONUS. I don't use it on the flight deck, but use it for review outside the flight deck. I can also check Wx and NOTAMs on my IPad.