<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1392904, October 2016

Flight crew reported that while on a night arrival to lfpg they were issued a new arrival by ATC. They had difficulty finding the new arrival because; recently jeppesen charting expanded the category approach to include RNAV arrivals and RNAV night arrivals which are not approaches. Reportedly the RNAV; night navigation distinction appears arbitrary and confusing.

Attributes
ACN	1392904
Time
Date	201610
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LFPG.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent Initial Approach
Route In Use	STAR LORNI 3E
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aero Charts
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Arrived lfpg on vedus 6E arrival. Then assigned lorni 3E. Could not find this arrival. Recently jeppesen moved a number of arrivals to a different tab - one labeled approach. These are not actually approaches; these are arrivals. That's the 1st issue. Secondly; jeppesen has RNAV arrivals and RNAV night arrivals. Which would you use around midnight?using common sense; of course; I looked under night arrivals (found lorni 3G). Wrong! It was under the other tab. We knew time was limited; so we told approach we needed vectors/ no problems with any traffic.jeppesen needs to re-arrange arrivals and approaches into lfpg. This was never a problem in the past. Put arrivals under the arrivals tab; not the approach tab. And; if you have a separate tab for night arrivals; make sure that's what they use at night. We eventually found our arrival under the other tab.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight crew reported that while on a night arrival to LFPG they were issued a new arrival by ATC. They had difficulty finding the new arrival because; recently Jeppesen Charting expanded the category APPROACH to include RNAV ARRIVALS and RNAV NIGHT ARRIVALS which are not approaches. Reportedly the RNAV; NIGHT NAV distinction appears arbitrary and confusing.

Narrative: Arrived LFPG on VEDUS 6E Arrival. Then assigned LORNI 3E. Could not find this arrival. Recently Jeppesen moved a number of arrivals to a different tab - one labeled APPROACH. These are not actually approaches; these are arrivals. That's the 1st issue. Secondly; Jeppesen has RNAV ARRIVALS and RNAV NIGHT ARRIVALS. Which would you use around midnight?Using common sense; of course; I looked under NIGHT ARRIVALS (Found LORNI 3G). Wrong! It was under the other tab. We knew time was limited; so we told approach we needed vectors/ no problems with any traffic.Jeppesen needs to re-arrange arrivals and approaches into LFPG. This was never a problem in the past. Put arrivals under the ARRIVALS tab; not the APPROACH tab. And; if you have a separate tab for NIGHT ARRIVALS; make sure that's what they use at night. We eventually found our arrival under the other tab.

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