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Check airman reported that the efb is unreliable; and its ever so frequent malfunctions distract pilots from their primary duty.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1544089 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electronic Flt Bag (EFB) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Check Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Many pilots have described events to me; and when I ask them if they filed a report the answer is 'no'. They go on to say that they only file a report when it gets them out of trouble. Why? Because the reporting form at our company is so tedious that it takes 30 minutes to complete. (A deterrent).roughly 50% of the pilots I asked; say that their efbs (electronic flight bag); the tablet used for navigation have failed during flight operations requiring re-boot 3 or more times in the past year. It is my understanding that a [flight crew] stalled the plane a couple months ago while the first officer was rebooting his efb (I am not privileged to details about the stall so I can't verify this information. The efb is dangerous. Other airlines once used the [same efbs] and switched to ipads because they were unreliable. Our company does not track the number of efb failures during flight. There is no official reporting mechanism. Nor is there an accurate reported data on the failure rate of efb's during flight because the reporting form is a deterrent.efb tablet should be investigated; and the FAA should determine if it is safe during flight operations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Check Airman reported that the EFB is unreliable; and its ever so frequent malfunctions distract pilots from their primary duty.
Narrative: Many pilots have described events to me; and when I ask them if they filed a report the answer is 'NO'. They go on to say that they only file a report when it gets them out of trouble. Why? Because the reporting form at our Company is so tedious that it takes 30 minutes to complete. (A deterrent).Roughly 50% of the pilots I asked; say that their EFBs (Electronic Flight Bag); the tablet used for navigation have failed during flight operations requiring re-boot 3 or more times in the past year. It is my understanding that a [flight crew] stalled the plane a couple months ago while the First Officer was rebooting his EFB (I am not privileged to details about the stall so I can't verify this information. The EFB is dangerous. Other Airlines once used the [same EFBs] and switched to iPads because they were unreliable. Our Company does not track the number of EFB failures during flight. There is no official reporting mechanism. Nor is there an accurate reported data on the failure rate of EFB's during flight because the reporting form is a deterrent.EFB tablet should be investigated; and the FAA should determine if it is safe during Flight Operations.
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.