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B777 captain reported difficulty plotting company-provided areas of turbulence when the aircraft wifi is unavailable.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1609770 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Tablet |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 129 Flight Crew Total 10981 Flight Crew Type 1334 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Wsi through the company continues to advise the flight crews with turbulence fpg's (flight plan guidance) and sigmets with fixes that cannot be determined accurately and expeditiously; i.e. 160NNE hekab. If wifi is available (many times it is not) the wsi fpg's can be displayed on the app using the company ipad. Without this I must ask the dispatcher to determine where along our route these turbulence areas are located; this takes unnecessary time and effort.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777 Captain reported difficulty plotting company-provided areas of turbulence when the aircraft WiFi is unavailable.
Narrative: WSI through the company continues to advise the flight crews with turbulence FPG's (Flight Plan Guidance) and Sigmets with fixes that cannot be determined accurately and expeditiously; i.e. 160NNE HEKAB. If WiFi is available (many times it is not) the WSI FPG's can be displayed on the App using the company iPad. Without this I must ask the Dispatcher to determine where along our route these turbulence areas are located; this takes unnecessary time and effort.
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.