Sorry to dig up a dead thread, but figured this was better than starting a new one.
A lot of my instructors flynwith iPads, which makes sense because SNAs can do some dumb stuff sometimes and we fly a lot “in the IFR structure”, so I get having extra SA as an IP.
Some of my contemporaries have begun buying iPad/GPS set ups because “I’m totally going to need this in the fleet”, but I have my doubts.
How useful/how often do you use an iPad as a Naval Aviator? I’m a Marine strike stud if that makes a difference. Is it actually worth the cost of a ForeFlight subscription (not to mention initial costs of iPad, Kneeboard and GPS), or is it something that would get in the way more than it would help? Obviously flying around with every chart known to man sucks as an SNA, but how often would that be of use later in my career? Does the fact that VR/IR routes are now on ForeFlight change anything, or is it still something that won’t be referenced real time?
The few IPs I’ve asked have been all over the place with if they were even allowed to be used, much less useful, but also concede that thier info is dated.