Narrative:

1) the conclusion of the foreflight training states 'so now that we have refamiliarized you with foreflight ...' how is this a refamiliarization? It's not even on my ipad. I have had zero exposure to the program. Are we now cut loose; 'good to go;' and liable for its operational use and backup for FD-pro when it fails? Better yet; and was not addressed when the pilot flying briefs off the foreflight all the time because 'this is what I used at my previous job; it is better...' we have just introduced another opportunity for the lack of standardization. The lack of standardization is getting worse and has been in the last four years.2) another operational risk is by taking away the performance computer. There is one less interface (screen) available especially in emergencies. Too much information is going through the ipads due to ACARS failure or slow operational speed yielding to distraction. All too often I see someone nose deep in their ipad briefing or scrolling through performance weight and balance pages while in the meantime the aircraft is getting high on descent. This happens repeatedly. The performance computer gave a one page presentation of a great deal of information. Now we are scrolling through pages of a poor scrambled text message with performance weight and balance. I'm not even including if there is an emergency that requires several submenu selections in performance weight and balance to come up with a solution. How does the pilot flying know the emergency submenus are correct? He's busy flying the aircraft. Just because the performance weight and balance program gives a solution it doesn't mean the information is the correct solution. The single screen presentation was much easier to catch errors. There is much more focus on ipad and or performance weight and balance and less outside watching what the status of the aircraft is. I thought performance weight and balance was meant to catch takeoff/loading errors. The aircraft is on the ground in that phase of flight; distractions are not as costly as in the landing phase. Bring back a landing performance computer application and separate screen. Emphasize that foreflight is secondary and not the primary chart program and will not be used if FD-pro is working. In addition there should be a training class on this during our annual training. My ten-minute training video was not enough for anyone. Put in another interface (screen) like the performance computer such as a performance computer ipad that has the foreflight charts on it as well as all the landing data. No internet connection required just like we used to do it.

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Title: Air carrier pilot reported he was unhappy with the quality of training he received on ForeFlight.

Narrative: 1) The conclusion of the ForeFlight Training states 'So now that we have REFAMILIARIZED you with ForeFlight ...' How is this a refamiliarization? It's not even on my iPad. I have had zero exposure to the program. Are we now cut loose; 'good to go;' and liable for its operational use and backup for FD-Pro when it fails? Better yet; and was not addressed when the Pilot Flying briefs off the ForeFlight all the time because 'this is what I used at my previous job; it is better...' We have just introduced another opportunity for the lack of standardization. The lack of standardization is getting worse and has been in the last four years.2) Another operational risk is by taking away the performance computer. There is one less interface (screen) available especially in emergencies. Too much information is going through the iPads due to ACARS failure or slow operational speed yielding to distraction. All too often I see someone nose deep in their iPad briefing or scrolling through performance weight and balance pages while in the meantime the aircraft is getting high on descent. This happens repeatedly. The performance computer gave a one page presentation of a great deal of information. Now we are scrolling through pages of a poor scrambled text message with performance weight and balance. I'm not even including if there is an emergency that requires several submenu selections in performance weight and balance to come up with a solution. How does the Pilot Flying know the emergency submenus are correct? He's busy flying the aircraft. Just because the performance weight and balance program gives a solution it doesn't mean the information is the correct solution. The single screen presentation was much easier to catch errors. There is much more focus on iPad and or performance weight and balance and less outside watching what the status of the aircraft is. I thought performance weight and balance was meant to catch takeoff/loading errors. The aircraft is on the ground in that phase of flight; distractions are not as costly as in the landing phase. Bring back a landing performance computer application and separate screen. Emphasize that ForeFlight is secondary and not the primary chart program and will not be used if FD-Pro is working. In addition there should be a training class on this during our annual training. My ten-minute training video was not enough for anyone. Put in another interface (screen) like the performance computer such as a performance computer iPad that has the ForeFlight charts on it as well as all the landing data. No internet connection required just like we used to do it.

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