2/5/09
89001 CHG 47
VOLUME 4 AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS
CHAPTER 15 ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG AUTHORIZATION FOR USE
Section 1 Electronic Flight Bag Operational Authorization Process
4-1641 GENERAL. This section contains specific policy, guidance, and procedures to be used by principal operations inspectors (POI) for processing an operator’s request for “authorization to use” an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). All POI specialties should coordinate the review of an operator’s EFB program. Once the POIs have completed their review of an EFB application, and have determined that the request is valid, authorization to use an EFB will be made by issuing the appropriate operations specifications (OpSpecs)/management specifications (MSpecs) paragraphs. The final result will be an authorization to use an EFB without issuing any sort of approval to any particular hardware system or software application. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) evaluation process for an EFB follows the general process for approval and acceptance as described in Volume 3, Chapter 1, Section 1.
4-1642 APPLICABILITY. This process for EFB authorization is to be used in combination with the current edition of Advisory Circular (AC) 120-76, Guidelines for the Certification, Airworthiness, and Operational Approval of Electronic Flight Bag Computing Devices, and the issuance of an OpSpec or MSpec, in accordance with paragraph A061, as described in Order 8900.1. The processes described in this section may also be used to determine if an EFB may be substituted for aeronautical charts and data used within aircraft operated under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 91. No written authorization is required for part 91 operators except those conducted under part 91 subpart K (91K).
Luckily most of us are P91, at my company we are supposedly getting the I-Pad2 for xmas, hope the opspec is obtained easily
