TechPubs (www.techpubsglobal.com) presented at PlanetPTC in Orlando, June 2012. The presentation covers basics of in-cockpit EFB using iPads and other devices, and cites Etihad and JetBlue's experiences in this area.
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TechPubs at PlanetPTC June 2012
1. iPad on the Flight Deck: An Industry Re-Imagines
Content Management for the Cockpit
TechPubs Global
JetBlue Airways
2. Nate Jackson
Introduction VP, TechPubs
EFB and Technical Publications: Pete Russo
The Pilot’s Perspective JetBlue Airways
Etihad and TechPubs Global Nate Jackson
3. Import Distribute
Central
Publications
Manufactures
Management
Tablets
Platform
Operators
Legacy
Regulators
Paper
5. EFB & Technical Publications Management:
A Pilot’s Perspective
Captain Pete Russo
JetBlue Airways
6. My Office: Airbus-320
Electronic Displays
Gradual takeover since
1985
Weight, reliability,
information
Current data
Left behind: manuals,
charts, maps
Pilots clamor for the Holy
Grail: EFB Pilots love technology!
7. JetBlue: EFB Pioneering Since 2000
EFB, paperless cockpit, since startup
Company issues, maintains pilot laptops
• FAA: It’s a Class 1 EFB
Laptop official contents
• Many pilot-support programs
• Pilots can add personal docs, programs but company retains admin
rights
Laptops updated before each flight sequence, via wire or wireless
Tablets under evaluation
• iPad is the current favorite.
Bottom line, pubs system first, then portal
8. Airlines are Quality-Centric
• Silo-organized, but act as one
• Philosophy, policy,
TP Mission
procedures…practice
• Organize the pubs
• Each decision, on every flight must • Enable EFB
be correct
• Information must be current and
reachable, under pressure,
distraction
9. Benefits of EFB (and EGB)
Other apps:
(mail,
updates,
schedules,
manuals,
Portability Accuracy and Airline staffing Crewmember
weather, flight
and weight applicability of in pubs and links to
planning,
reduction information distribution company
aircraft
performance,
weight and
balance,
training, etc.)
Class 1 • Portable, cheapest, and easiest to get approved
Class 2 • Mountable
Class 3 • Built with the plane, most expensive
10. State of the Industry
• Pioneer, JetBlue: Paperless, laptops, .pdf
• TP early customers: FlightPubs, investigating hardware
solutions
• Built-in screens on new Boeing, Airbus (Class 3 EFBs)
• FAA senior management on board
• International and national audit agencies
• Global customer base is huge, vast opportunities ahead
11. Etihad Airways: A Major Middle Eastern Carrier
Tackles Content Management
Nate Jackson
TechPubs Global
12. The Etihad Story
• Flag carrier of United Arab Emirates
• Founded in 2003 with 6 aircraft and
less than 2,000 employees
• Today nearing 70 aircraft and 8,000
employees
• Considered the fast growing airline
in commercial aviation history
• Largest aircraft order in
commercial aviation history (2008)
for up to 205 aircraft
13. The Etihad Challenge
Rapid Growth
Infrastructure
Mixed Fleet
Challenges
Paperless No Change to
Initiatives Headcount