What do you think it is if it isn't an EFB?
Class 1 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Hardware. Portable commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-based computers, considered to be PEDs with no FAA design, production, or installation approval for the device and its internal components. Class 1 EFBs can be authorized for use during aircraft operation and are usually readily handled or carried on/off the aircraft. Class 1 EFBs are not attached or mounted to the aircraft; they must be secured or stowed during critical phases of flight. Class 1 EFBs that have Type B applications for aeronautical charts, approach charts, or electronic checklist must be secured and viewable during critical phases of flight and must not interfere with flight control movement.
APPENDIX 1. EXAMPLES OF TYPE A EFB APPLICATIONS REQUIRING PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (PI) AUTHORIZATION
• Flight Operations Manuals (FOM).
• Company standard operating procedures (SOP).
• Airport diversion policy guidance, including a list of special designated airports and/or
approved airports with emergency medical service (EMS) support facilities.
• Operations specifications (OpSpecs).
• Cockpit observer briefing cards.
• For smaller aircraft, pilot’s operating handbooks (POH), including POH, section IX
supplements.
• Aircraft performance data manuals (fixed, non-interactive material).
• Airport performance restrictions manual (such as a reference for takeoff and landing
performance calculations).
• Weight and Balance (W&B) manual, if a separate manual (fixed, non-interactive
material).
• Other aircraft performance data manuals, including specialized performance data for use
in conjunction with advanced wake vortex modeling techniques, land-and-hold-short operations (LAHSO) predictions, etc. (fixed, non-interactive material for planning purposes).
• Maintenance manuals.
• Aircraft maintenance reporting manuals.
• Aircraft flight log and servicing records.
• Autopilot approach and autoland records.
• Flight management system (FMS)/flight management and guidance system problem
report forms.
• Aircraft parts manuals.
• Service Bulletins (SB)/published Airworthiness Directives (AD), etc.
• Air Transport Association of America (ATA) 100-format maintenance discrepancy
writeup codes.
• Required Very high frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) check records.
• Minimum equipment lists (MEL).
• Configuration Deviation Lists (CDL).
• Federal, State, and airport-specific rules and regulations.
• Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD) data (e.g., fuel availability, LAHSO distances for
specific runway combinations, etc.).
• Noise abatement procedures for arriving and departing aircraft.
• Published (graphical) pilot Notices to Airmen (NOTAM).
• International Operations Manuals, including regional supplementary information and
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) differences.
• Aeronautical Information Publications (AIP).
• Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM).
• Oceanic navigation progress logs.
• Pilot flight and duty-time logs.
• Flightcrew required rest logs.
• Flightcrew qualification logs (such as aircraft qualifications, Class II flightcrew qualifications, Category (CAT) III) qualifications, high minimums logs, night currency logs, pilot-in-command (PIC) qualifications for special areas, routes, and airports for 14 CFR part 121 certificate holders and special airports qualifications).
• Captain’s report (i.e., captain’s incident reporting form).
• Flightcrew survey forms (various).
• EMS reference library (for use during medical emergencies).
• Trip scheduling and bid lists.
• Aircraft’s captain’s logs.
• Aircraft’s CAT II/CAT III landing records.
• Antiterrorism profile data.
• Hazardous materials (hazmat)/oxidizer look-up tables.
• ICAO Doc 9481-AN/928, Emergency Response Guidance for Aircraft Incidents
Involving Dangerous Goods.
• Customs declaration and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) agriculture
inspection/clearance form.
• Special reporting forms, such as near midair collision (NMAC) reports, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS), bird and wildlife encounters, owner-initiated Service Difficulty Reports (SDR), etc.
• Incidents of interference to aircraft electronic equipment from devices carried aboard aircraft.
• Current fuel prices at various airports.
• Realistic training modules, including “PC at home” training applications, “off-duty”
training materials review, and pre-flight “mission” rehearsals.
• Check airman and flight instructor records.
• Aircraft operating and information manuals (performance information, W&B, systems,
limitations, etc.).
• Airline Policy and Procedures Manuals (PPM).
• Aircraft Maintenance Manuals.
• Title 14 CFR.
• Look-up and completion of various reporting forms; e.g., company-specific forms,
NASA’s ASRS reports, NMAC reports, wildlife strike and hazard reports, etc.
• Maintenance personnel signoff of discrepancy form. (Maintenance discrepancy logs need
to be downloaded into a permanent record at least weekly.)
• Flightcrew qualifications recordkeeping, including aircraft qualifications, CAT II/III,
high minimums, landing currency, flight and duty time, etc.
• PIC currency requirements.
• Passenger information requests—some are directed to the gate or to the agent meeting the
flight (e.g., special meal requests, wheelchair requirements, unaccompanied minors, gate
information for connecting flights, flights being held for connecting passengers, etc.).
• Cabin maintenance writeups. (Maintenance discrepancy logs need to be downloaded into
a permanent record at least weekly.)
EFB.