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Old 19th Apr 2006, 20:27
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Pilot Pete
 
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Used both, each has good and bad points.

Aerad booklets are tidier, but loose leaf Jepps can be selected individually and strategically placed under the chart holders on the column and side window, negating the need to thumb through the booklet when you go from approach to ILS and then to airfield. Also very useful to be able to view the radar minimums chart at the same time as an approach chart.

The coloured Aerad charts are super in my mind, showing a much better picture of terrain.

The biggest downside of Jepps though has to be the way vital info is dotted in different places on different charts; things like initial level off restriction on SIDs; sometimes in the plan view, sometimes in a note in a box.....god damn awful and a sure fire reason for an altitude bust at unfamiliar airfields.

Now LIDO charts, there's a nice layout that is easy to read and coloured. I liked them a lot in my time with Hapag Lloyd.

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