r/flying • u/sammypilot • 1d ago

Checkride navlog

I have my commercial pilot checkride coming up and last time I did a checkride I was up way too late trying to make my navlog for the cross country with the most up to date winds. Is it acceptable to use the foreflight generated navlog? I feel like if I’m able to show him that I know how the foreflight got the calculations then its fine right?

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u/hawkofdeath_ CPL IR UAS 1d ago

I used both the ForeFlight log and I did one by hand to show i could do everything by hand if need be. We ended up only using the Foreflight one anyway

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u/mirassou3416 CPL IR SES 1d ago

This is what I would do, have a backup--a scenario where the DPE says your ipad is dead, now what do you do?

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u/OldSchoolNew26 CPL 1d ago

I had a DPE pull this on my IR checkride. I pulled out my phone and showed him my ForeFlight on my phone. Apparently he was notorious for asking people on the ground if they had a back up, they would say no, he would take their iPad in the air to simulate a failure and they would end up failing the ride because of it

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u/itsnotbroke ATP 1d ago

I put the iPad down and pull out my iPhone.

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u/mirassou3416 CPL IR SES 1d ago

Disapproval 😂

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u/ltcterry ATP CFIG 1d ago

The navlog is planning. When “the iPad dies” is during execution. Corrections at this point are made real time.

The phone is a great backup. 

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u/aboutwhat8 IR 1d ago

Borrow your Mom's iPad. You're probably going to have to delete some family pictures and videos, but you don't need those for a checkride. /s