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PREmIUm oN SAfETy
INSURING SAfE SKIES
ISSUE 10 yEAR 2013
IN THIS ISSUE
Best Practices: The Accident Number 03
Accident Prevention: Putting It All on the Line 04
ASI message: Push the Buttons—Capiche? 05
flight Vis: Wildlife Awareness 06
ASI online: Heads Up! Improving Runway Safety 07
A mESSAGE fRom USAIG
Greetings! It’s hard to gauge
who has benefited more in the
proliferation of tablet computers:
the aviation industry, which
constantly innovates with, and
increasingly depends on them,
or the tablet makers, who find in
aviation a perfect, highly mobile,
tech-savvy audience for their
wares. Our lead story looks at
several operators’ experience
with tablet (or electronic flight
bag—EFB) programs. I hope
the shared views might aid
others seeking to implement or
improve existing EFB programs.
Also, check out Flight Vis for
a discussion of bird strike
hazards and management
issues. Among his many great
points, contributor Gary Cooke
reminds us that, like SMS, active
and timely reporting of wildlife
incidents and observed hazards
is vital. Fly smart and fly safe!
Paul Ratté
Director of Aviation Safety
Programs, USAIG
Who Needs Paper
Navigating the transition to paperless cockpits
for fAR Parts 91 and 135 operators
By LEE SmITH
AC 120-76B specifies a number of hardware
and software requirements, such as battery
standards, interference testing, and rapid
decompression testing, that a device made
specifically for aviation use would be designed
around. However, since the iPad is not specifically an aviation device, a challenge for many
operators interested in using the devices is to
be able to demonstrate that the iPad meets
the FAA requirements to be an EFB in the first
place. Today, there are clear paths for providing
the required testing proof, but early
adopters were left to figure it out as
Having to deal with battery management
they went.
LJ Aviation, a management and
is another reality of going paperless in
charter company out of Latrobe,
Pennsylvania, was an early adopter
the cockpit.
of using the iPad as an EFB, and
their approval experience is typical. Terry
EFB can be a daunting task for a flight departLascher, who manages the iPad program for
ment from both an operational and regulatory
the flight department, recalls that their initial
perspective. The FAA provides guidance for
letter of intent was sent in May 2011. FAA
operators transitioning to EFBs through AC
approval was granted in September 2011 and
91-78 and AC 120-76B. Non-fractional Part
was followed by a six-month evaluation pro91 operators do not require FAA approval,
cess, resulting in a total of 10 months from inialthough subpart F operators should still foltial interest to being paperless. Since Part 91
low the specific guidelines contained in AC
operators are not required to obtain approval,
120-76B. Fractional and commercial operators
their transition timeline can be condensed. For
require FAA approval and are issued OpSpec/
instance, the flight department for Home Depot
MSpec A061 documenting their approval.
Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) have been around
since the 1990s, but interest in adopting the
technology has increased dramatically since the
introduction of the iPad in 2010. Many flight
departments equipped with bulky and expensive
Class 3 EFBs are interested in using the light
and inexpensive iPad as a Class 1 EFB as well.
As a commercial off-the-shelf product, the iPad
presents several advantages over older types of
EFBs, as well as additional challenges.
The replacement of paper charts with any
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Contents
Best Practices: The Accident Number
Accident Prevention: Putting It All on the Line
ASI Message: Push the Buttons—Capiche?
Flight Vis: Wildlife Awareness
ASI Online: Heads Up! Improving Runway Safety
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