damnflyboy
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New ASA TOLD card
What do you guys think about the new TOLD card in ASA aircraft? I think it's crazier than a crippled midget running with a bucket of hot-sauce...
A few things that I found-
1) It's difficult to read as it's in mice-type.
2) The information is jumbled, squished, and difficult to find things at a glance.
3) The grayed areas are difficult to read at night.
4) The "notes" blanks at the top and bottom invite non-standard practice and scribble.
5) Information overload and over-kill.
6) The dual-side feature is just waiting to cause an accident or confusion between flights. Paper is cheap. Lawsuits are not. Make the blanks bigger/easier to read and use both sides. If you want to save money, make the rampers show up to the gate.
7) No space (except for "notes" section) for flight number or aircraft verification in the brief.
8) The V-Speed blanks can all be briefed off the FMS, which would make it easier in case of runway/data change.
9) Not enough room for all of the NOTAM-rich airports and plentiful MEL's/CDL's.
I don't know about everyone else, but I don't want to write out War and Peace...especially during a quick turn at an outstation. Just the essentials. I fell like I'm filling out a freaking electronics rebate form that will never yield a result---Just more frustration than a broke FO in a strip-club.
I think the intentions were good and they were trying to cover all of the bases...but it was too much of a good thing. Ice cream a-la-mode in pill form, anyone?
Am I alone here?
(*in Mike Myers' Linda Richman voice from Coffee Talk*): Discuss!
What do you guys think about the new TOLD card in ASA aircraft? I think it's crazier than a crippled midget running with a bucket of hot-sauce...
A few things that I found-
1) It's difficult to read as it's in mice-type.
2) The information is jumbled, squished, and difficult to find things at a glance.
3) The grayed areas are difficult to read at night.
4) The "notes" blanks at the top and bottom invite non-standard practice and scribble.
5) Information overload and over-kill.
6) The dual-side feature is just waiting to cause an accident or confusion between flights. Paper is cheap. Lawsuits are not. Make the blanks bigger/easier to read and use both sides. If you want to save money, make the rampers show up to the gate.
7) No space (except for "notes" section) for flight number or aircraft verification in the brief.
8) The V-Speed blanks can all be briefed off the FMS, which would make it easier in case of runway/data change.
9) Not enough room for all of the NOTAM-rich airports and plentiful MEL's/CDL's.
I don't know about everyone else, but I don't want to write out War and Peace...especially during a quick turn at an outstation. Just the essentials. I fell like I'm filling out a freaking electronics rebate form that will never yield a result---Just more frustration than a broke FO in a strip-club.
I think the intentions were good and they were trying to cover all of the bases...but it was too much of a good thing. Ice cream a-la-mode in pill form, anyone?
Am I alone here?
(*in Mike Myers' Linda Richman voice from Coffee Talk*): Discuss!
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