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An air carrier captain expressed displeasure that he was not allowed to use his laptop in flight to check real-time weather.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 945313 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201104 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Just about all I fly is [coast to coast]. I fly an airplane that is equipped with internet capability. With the spring storm season in full swing; it is incomprehensible to me that I am not allowed to pull out my laptop and get the big weather picture. How ridiculous is it that the people sitting in the cabin have better weather information than the captain...the person who signs on the bottom line for their safety! I am so sick of playing connect the dots on the enroute chart from the convective sigmets sent by dispatch. Let's face it; there are certain days where a picture is worth a thousand words!!! This is a no brainer. The people who established this policy have to be educated on what important safety tool they are denying us. The technology is finally here.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier Captain expressed displeasure that he was not allowed to use his laptop in flight to check real-time weather.
Narrative: Just about all I fly is [coast to coast]. I fly an airplane that is equipped with internet capability. With the spring storm season in full swing; it is incomprehensible to me that I am not allowed to pull out my laptop and get the big weather picture. How ridiculous is it that the people sitting in the cabin have better weather information than the Captain...the person who signs on the bottom line for their SAFETY! I am so sick of playing connect the dots on the enroute chart from the convective sigmets sent by Dispatch. Let's face it; there are certain days where a picture is worth a thousand words!!! This is a no brainer. The people who established this policy have to be educated on what important SAFETY TOOL they are denying us. The technology is finally here.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.