Here’s a situation you’ve likely experienced: You drive 45 minutes to the airport, walk out to your airplane and start unpacking your flight bag. As you go through your normal preflight routine and organize your gear in the cockpit, you experience that sinking feeling and realize you left something behind. If you had to pick the most important piece of pilot gear and consider canceling the flight, what would it be? Your automatic noise-reduction headset, iPad or backup radio?
Pilot’s Discretion: The iPad Proficiency Check
Key Takeaways:
- The iPad has become the indispensable Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) for pilots, consolidating numerous critical functions that make it the "MVP" of the flight bag.
- Unlike certified panel-mount avionics, the iPad's nature as a consumer device with frequent software and feature updates demands a continuous commitment to ongoing training and proficiency from pilots.
- To maintain EFB currency and safe operation, pilots should regularly review key areas such as legal considerations, preflight planning, cockpit mounting, ground operations, alerts, datalink weather, backup planning, and software updates.
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