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iPad on the Flight Deck: An Industry Re-Imagines Content Management for the Cockpit TechPubs Global JetBlue Airways
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iPad on the Flight Deck: An Industry Re-Imagines
Content Management for the Cockpit
TechPubs Global
JetBlue Airways
IntroductionNate Jackson
VP, TechPubs
EFB and Technical Publications:
The Pilot’s PerspectivePete Russo
JetBlue Airways
Etihad and TechPubs Global Nate Jackson
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Applicability Management
Change Packaging
Import and Compare
Revision Management
Compliance Management
Interactive Viewing
EFB & Technical Publications Management:
A Pilot’s Perspective
Captain Pete Russo
JetBlue Airways
Electronic Displays
Gradual takeover since 1985
Weight, reliability, information
Current data
Left behind: manuals, charts, maps
Pilots clamor for the Holy Grail: EFB
My Office: Airbus-320
Pilots love technology!
JetBlue: EFB Pioneering Since 2000
EFB, paperless cockpit, since startup
Company issues, maintains pilot laptops
• FAA: It’s a Class 1 EFB
Laptop official contents
• Many pilot-support programs
• Pilots can add personal docs, programs but company retains admin rights
Laptops updated before each flight sequence, via wire or wireless
Tablets under evaluation
• iPad is the current favorite.
Bottom line, pubs system first, then portal
Airlines are Quality-Centric
• Silo-organized, but act as one
• Philosophy, policy, procedures…practice
• Each decision, on every flight must be correct
• Information must be current and reachable, under pressure, distraction
TP Mission
• Organize the pubs
• Enable EFB
Benefits of EFB (and EGB)
Portability and weight reduction
Accuracy and applicability of
information
Airline staffing in pubs and distribution
Crewmember links to
company
Other apps: (mail,
updates, schedules, manuals,
weather, flight planning, aircraft
performance, weight and balance,
training, etc.)
• Portable, cheapest, and easiest to get approvedClass 1
• MountableClass 2
• Built with the plane, most expensiveClass 3
State of the Industry
• Pioneer, JetBlue: Paperless, laptops, .pdf
• TP early customers: FlightPubs, investigating hardware solutions
• Built-in screens on new Boeing, Airbus (Class 3 EFBs)
• FAA senior management on board
• International and national audit agencies
• Global customer base is huge, vast opportunities ahead
Etihad Airways: A Major Middle Eastern Carrier
Tackles Content Management
Nate Jackson
TechPubs Global
The Etihad Story
• Flag carrier of United Arab Emirates
• Founded in 2003 with 6 aircraft and less than 2,000 employees
• Today nearing 70 aircraft and 8,000 employees
• Considered the fast growing airline in commercial aviation history
• Largest aircraft order in commercial aviation history (2008) for up to 205 aircraft
The Etihad Challenge
Rapid Growth
Mixed Fleet
No Change to Headcount
Paperless
Initiatives
Infrastructure Challenges
PTC
Tech
RevManager TechAuthor TechPublisher TechEFB
FlightPubs Suite
FlightComply
WindchillArbortext
Editor
Publishing
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