The big project: Jepp vs. LIDO
There is one great thing I like about my pilot group here at the new company. We are united on several subjects. First, we would like a new contract and 99.47% are in favor of a strike in order to get it. Second, we all despise LIDO and view it as an unsafe and unnessicary change. I'll try and point out some of the differences between the two formats for you.
* thanks to Brian, I found a way to post a LIDO chart. *
As you can see, there are lot's of colors, but no briefing strip.
The biggest difference between Jepps and Lido is the fact that there is no briefing strip on the Lido's. Information that we use for the briefing such as frequincies, courses, intercept altitudes, airport and touchdown elevations and missed approach procedures and minimum descent altutudes are scattered all over the place as opposed to the Jepps where it is all comparmentalized into the Briefing Strip. The challenge with the Lido is to find all this information and deliver it in a clear and consice manner. There is a lot of wasted time hunting and pecking at the approach plate to find all the information we need to cover. I'm making good progress in trying to find a flow to the Lido's, but its a slow process.
On a side note, I feel I am ready for the upgrade to the left seat so I have put my bid in for it. Hopefully in a few months I'll be heading back down south for upgrade training. I'm hoping for an April or May class, but Captain slots seem to be drying up, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
* thanks to Brian, I found a way to post a LIDO chart. *
As you can see, there are lot's of colors, but no briefing strip.
The biggest difference between Jepps and Lido is the fact that there is no briefing strip on the Lido's. Information that we use for the briefing such as frequincies, courses, intercept altitudes, airport and touchdown elevations and missed approach procedures and minimum descent altutudes are scattered all over the place as opposed to the Jepps where it is all comparmentalized into the Briefing Strip. The challenge with the Lido is to find all this information and deliver it in a clear and consice manner. There is a lot of wasted time hunting and pecking at the approach plate to find all the information we need to cover. I'm making good progress in trying to find a flow to the Lido's, but its a slow process.
On a side note, I feel I am ready for the upgrade to the left seat so I have put my bid in for it. Hopefully in a few months I'll be heading back down south for upgrade training. I'm hoping for an April or May class, but Captain slots seem to be drying up, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
posted by Windsor at 2:19 PM
3 Comments:
You could open the LIDO pdf in your viewer, perform a screen capture of the plate (in Windows it's ALT+PrtScrn or CTL+PrtScrn). Then you can paste the image of the screen into a photo tool (like Paint or Photoshop). From there you can crop, resize, and save it in multiple formats.
Thanks for the tip!!
Hey there! Who do you fly for; FDX? I too think Lido sucks! YOu still using them?
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