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Flight crew evaluating new navigation charts recommends staying with current charts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1663943 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I operated ZZZ-ZZZZ. I compared jepp charts to the charts+. There are still critical errors with these new charts. The jepp charts and the FMS (flight management system) list individual fixes on the DME (distance measuring equipment) arcs (i.e.; D013N). The charts+ still do not list these fixes on the DME arcs in mexico where we need every piece of available information given we are flying out of radar services with high terrain all around the approach. It is literally impossible to brief an approach when the charts are missing fixes! How does our company expect us to safely operate using charts with missing information? If we did not have jepp charts; there is no way we could have adequately briefed this approach.the safest solution is stay with jepp charts that are proven and reliable. These charts+ are inaccurate; cluttered; and very difficult to decipher information. Charts+ is still unsafe.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Crew evaluating new Navigation Charts recommends staying with current charts.
Narrative: I operated ZZZ-ZZZZ. I compared Jepp charts to the Charts+. There are still critical errors with these new charts. The Jepp charts and the FMS (Flight Management System) list individual fixes on the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) arcs (i.e.; D013N). The Charts+ still do not list these fixes on the DME arcs in Mexico where we need every piece of available information given we are flying out of radar services with high terrain all around the approach. It is literally impossible to brief an approach when the charts are missing fixes! How does our company expect us to safely operate using charts with MISSING information? If we did not have Jepp charts; there is no way we could have adequately briefed this approach.The safest solution is stay with Jepp charts that are proven and reliable. These Charts+ are inaccurate; cluttered; and very difficult to decipher information. Charts+ is still unsafe.
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