Re: Approach Plates and Charts
Or the radar might break...
Or ATC make an error...
Or they might not want to vector us...
Or there might not be a radar in the first place...
Or we might suffer a comms failure...
And it's always nice to know what to expect when popping out of cloud at any height...
And where all the hills are...
We also usually need a taxy chart and a few pages of associated local airport regulations.
We carry a thick folder with all the charts in for our scheduled destinations (around 30-40) by the side of each pilot, there's also a great big holdall with charts/plates for most other airports we may ever have to use along our route network.