The advice I received from our Chief Pilot after a meeting with CASA Six weeks ago was that paper still had to be carried as a backup - and within reach, not buried in the back of the aircraft.
The Ipad itself can now be used for primary navigation BUT it must be either fastened to you via a kneeboard arrangement or meet the requirements of FAA AC 120 - 76B for attachment to the aircraft, and you will need an EO or STC for that if its a certified aircraft and get a LAME to do and sign off the work.
Then there is the little question of fixing, and recording, you position every half hour as required by VFR regs... I think every FOI is going to come up with their own definition of how to satisfy that requirement in the era of the EFB.
My current preferred workable solution is to mark up my paper chart with an iPad assisted fix at appropriate intervals, have an ERSA within reach, and switch between paper chart and iPad as required.
Besides, it gives my white knuckled passenger something to do and hold on to.
And personally, I find Ozrunways is simply superb. Mad not to have one.
I figure that with Two iPads and paper, there is nothing for a FOI to fault.
Last edited by Sunfish; 22nd Jun 2013 at 21:08.