Air carrier captain reported learning during preflight that company policy now only requires one pap...

Attributes
ACN	1443340
Time
Date	201704
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 18350 Flight Crew Type 1050
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

During cockpit set up for flight found only one QRH. First officer mentioned that is new procedure. This was my first flight with only one QRH. This is an unsafe situation. From experience attempting to use ipad in any type of turbulence is challenging. Add in an irregular or emergency situation and you are now creating a safety hazard that there is no reason for. Only one QRH in the cockpit is unsafe; period.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported learning during preflight that company policy now only requires one paper QRH to be carried on the aircraft.

Narrative: During cockpit set up for flight found only one QRH. First Officer mentioned that is new procedure. This was my first flight with only one QRH. This is an unsafe situation. From experience attempting to use iPad in any type of turbulence is challenging. Add in an irregular or emergency situation and you are now creating a safety hazard that there is no reason for. Only one QRH in the cockpit is unsafe; period.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Air carrier captain reported learning during preflight that company policy now only requires one paper QRH to be carried on the aircraft.