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B737 pilot reported the jeppfd-pro display blocks from view the altitudes required by some sids when the display is rotated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1496027 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201711 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BWI.Airport |
| State Reference | MD |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Route In Use | SID TERPZ6 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electronic Flt Bag (EFB) |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The design of jeppfd-pro has a built in problem on displaying sids whereby a tool for rotating the display and highlighting on the display blocks the altitudes required by the SID from view without deliberate effort to search for it. The terpz 6 in bwi is a good example. It is not a good and best practice to hide critical information on any navigation document with a tool that can be placed anywhere in existing space in the navigation and tool margins. I have come close in other cities to missing critical information hidden by that poorly placed tool. I cannot be the only one. Jeppfd-pro needs to resign the user interface to remove this tool from blocking information on charts and plates.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 pilot reported the JeppFD-Pro display blocks from view the altitudes required by some SIDs when the display is rotated.
Narrative: The design of JeppFD-Pro has a built in problem on Displaying SIDs whereby a tool for rotating the display and highlighting on the display blocks the altitudes required by the SID from view without deliberate effort to search for it. The TERPZ 6 in BWI is a good example. It is not a good and best practice to hide critical information on any navigation document with a tool that can be placed anywhere in existing space in the navigation and tool margins. I have come close in other cities to missing critical information hidden by that poorly placed tool. I cannot be the only one. JeppFD-Pro needs to resign the user interface to remove this tool from blocking information on charts and plates.
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.