The FAA has authorized Executive Jet Management to use the Jeppesen Mobile TC App for the iPad as an alternative to paper aeronautical charts.
This is the first step for "Electronic Flight Bags" to be used by Airline Pilots to better manage the paperwork blizzard pilots face during their flights, and increase safety.
It has been a dream for years to have such a thing, and now it is reality!
It also makes iPad acceptable for all manner of transportation duties, not just airplanes because a Federal agency says so.
It's not to airline level yet, but it is big first step.
http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articl...rts.html?WT.mc_id=110218epilot&WT.mc_sect=gan
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FAA Regulations for the use of:
AC 120-76A.pdf
AC 91_78.pdf
And suggestion for better use if iPad/iPhone as EFB
http://www.aviationconsumer.com/issues/41_12/accessories/6096-1.html
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