Originally Posted by
Less Hair
Shouldn't students still be thought how to make use of a map and paper flight plan inflight? Like raw data flying.
Yes of course. We are not talking about students using an iPad here but about instructors, or did I miss someting? I certainly don't use my iPad to show a student how to draw a line on a chart... (other than using it as a ruler)
Originally Posted by
Less Hair
Partial panel training should include some iPad unusable scenario.
I haven't used it for that yet but it could indeed be useful.
And one more thing about paper vs. iPad: I am over 50 unfortunately. I cannot read the smallprint on Jeppesen charts under dim cockpit lighting any more. Not even with my varifocal glasses. The same applies to almost every other pilot my age and above that I have flown with. So you either shine a flashlight at the chart (which will riun my (otherwise excellent!) night vision for 15 minutes) or use a tablet instead which allows you to zoom in as much as required. For that alone I will, for my own flying, never ever again use paper charts.