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some, particularly when some devices default to automatically shutting down if untouched for a set period. This battery-saving feature is usually manageable. Learn how to change or disable it while learning exactly where the power switch resides and how it works, which varies. Remember – you may need to find that switch in the dark. 2. Load desired programs/applications: Whether you’re using a charts and plates application, a document reader to access the POH, or a weather program to help your situational awareness, knowing both how to launch and navigate application should be as second-nature as tuning a radio. Also, understanding the steps to navigating between multiple applications, how to find and load a different approach plate or procedure while toggling between charts and weather, for example, is on the same must-know basis. 3. Zoom-zoom…and pan and scroll: Among the issues most frequently noted by pilots reporting EFB-use problems, the inability to display an entire plate, SID, STAR or en route segment points, emphasizes the importance of instinctively knowing how to zoom, scroll or pan a graphic around on the screen. Of course, iPads with touchscreen interfaces make this easier, but it doesn’t negate the need to develop a touch, if you will, for how much pinch-and-span you need to apply. Depending on the product, as well as the quality of the product, our visual acuity may require us to enlarge graphics that pan and scroll to see an entire plate, standard instrument departure or standard terminal arrival route. Remember, however, the importance of briefing the entire document before it’s needed. Failure to see all of a plate or procedure has been a repeated issue. 4. Switch between functions: While some applications solely serve

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to display charts, plates and procedures, others offer more. From flight planning to weight-and-balance, check lists to weather, traffic to terrain, higher-functioning EFBs increasingly offer functions once solely the purview of panel-mounted equipment. Flying head-down while struggling to restore a weather or navigation display, perhaps with a weather overlay, or call up and overlay a traffic display, sets up the pilot to overlook a clearance limit – bust a speed or altitude restriction, blow past a key waypoint or, in an ironic turn, fly into the ground – while searching for the terrain-avoidance function. 5. Update…and when: Owning and knowing the basics of using even the slickest imaginable high-functioning EFB becomes meaningless – and dangerous – if used with out-of-date data. And, different applications may have differing update cycles and needs – let alone procedures. When updating, be sure to check for any bugs or issues, such as those that occurred earlier this year when the vendor of one popular iPad application had to warn users that a software update to the iPad’s systems could result in some aviation data disappearing. So, check the functionality of the device and any applications every time after updates – every time, but never first in the airplane or in-flight.
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