Interestingly we are one of the few airlines attempting to go 'e-flightdeck'. In theory this is great, in reality a little harder and more complicated than would first appear.
We have lost all copies of the Jepp manuals from the crewrooms, which is a real pain as now we have to log on to Jeppesen via the internet, load up their viewer, find the airport you want, then call up the individual charts. Don't even think about getting away ontime if you need to check the Text Manual, which has no bookmarks in a 700 odd page document!!!!!!
We duplicate an awful lot of paperwork data, which 'e-flightdeck' may address, in time, having spent considerable money too.
What it is very good for is T/O performance. We just plug in the airport ID, runway, any intersection available, weather conditions, config requirements (like flap or EAI), runway state and any limitations like reduced TORA and press 'execute', out comes the flap, derate, V speeds and flap retraction altitude. It also lists any emergency turn procedure upon which the performance is based. Very useful and this one saves time and is a lot harder to make a simple mistake with. The company are working on a landing performance program too, which will be a great help over the Performance Inflight manuals for the various types we operate, some which include a factor for wet runways, some which don't etc etc.
The aircraft that have power supplies have them retrofitted, one point that seems obvious to me that appears to have been an oversight was placing these powerpoints just below the cup holder on the 757s!
We have a spare battery and our own issue laptops, some airlines only allocating a laptop to the individual airframes. Two batteries is enough to get through a 'normal' day, if you have extended use then the power point is useful, but remember you will have to lug your adaptor plug, transformer and cables around with you in your flightbag, as well as the laptop, spare battery and all the rest of the junk you need.
'E-flightdeck', nice concept, but give me loose leaf paper approach charts anyday, so that I can have two or three on display at the same time, one on the yolk in front of me whilst I am struggling in a 40kt crosswind and just need to check something.
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