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More than 50 delegates attended the EASA Workshop on Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) which was held on 18 April 2013.
The Agency presented the progress of the rulemaking task on EFB, which, after NPA 2012-02, will produce the Comment Response Document (CRD) before mid-2013. The main deliverable is a new AMC 20-25 on EFB, which departs significantly from JAA TGL 36, published in 2004 and still widely used. In ten years in fact the development of EFB has been astonishing. EFB would either be ‘portable’ or ‘installed’ (no longer three classes). The aircraft position on the ground at the airport could be displayed on the ‘portable’ EFB even without (i.e. Type B) certification of hardware or software.
The audience consisted of members of the Consultative Committees RAG (authorities) and SSCC (industry and operators) or experts nominated by them, or part of the Agency Review Group on the matter. Mr. Paul Edwards (IATA; chairman of the Review Group) stated: ‘EFB has seen in recent years a tremendous development of applications, including ‘data link’ and performance calculations on iPAD (‘portable’) as well the rise of tablet devices. The existing regulations are tired and in need of review’.
Mr Tim Anstey (Boeing) added: ‘AMC 20-25 is positioned for the future and provides an adequate means of compliance for manufacturer developed EFB Systems’.
The final adoption of AMC 20-25 is expected before end of 2013.
