Do you use tablets in the workplace?

[AdminLB]

One question survey:

 

As a pilot or mechanic, do you regularly use a tablet (iPad or Android Mobile device) as part of your daily work routine?

 

Answer here:

 

http://www.justhelicopters.com/RESOURCES/IndustryPolls/TabletsInWorkplace/tabid/500/Default.aspx

[Wally]

The company- No. A ream of paper a month, half of which requires a signature, filing, and throwing away. Before you ask, I know how many sheets are in a ream.

Me- yes. I haven't used "paper" in years.

[Gomer Pylot]

Not yet. The company wants to use tablets as EFB, but the FAA has been holding up approval, and even testing. They're still stuck in the early 20th Century, and seem to have no interest in modernizing. It's all about justifying the job for the feds.

[Joe_P148]

Yes, I have foreflight on my IPAD as well as a digital FAR AIM and All the FAA pubs, approach plates and technical manuals. With the search function in most reader programs it makes it very easy to find what you are looking for quick. I use it a lot for planning and filing as well. There are some great apps out there that give you so much information. However, it really depends on what type of flying your doing.

[tradford]

What does it mean when an application is "FAA approved" from an operational perspective e.g. Foreflight/iPad VS Garmin Pilot/Android? Is there a situation where using the non-approved application could get one in trouble? I'd heard that you can't use a non-approved app during a checkride (I didn't use a GPS during mine so I can't verify).

[Gomer Pylot]

It's a marketing term, used to sell stuff. In this case, software.