Is Pinnacle really switching to LIDO?!

[Flyer1015]

1. Um, why?

2. When is this effective?

3. Will LIDO only be carried in airplanes, meaning crews no longer have to carry their Jepp charts?

4. Does the company plan on giving on training + pay for pilots having to learn LIDO?

 

[Lazy8]

1. Um, why?

2. When is this effective?

3. Will LIDO only be carried in airplanes, meaning crews no longer have to carry their Jepp charts?

4. Does the company plan on giving on training + pay for pilots having to learn LIDO?

1. They're saving about $15,000/month by switching from Jepp to Lido and apparently Lido is better for the electronic flight kit. (which we may be getting later down the road)

2. November - Captains will have LIDO / FO's have Jepp

3. Jan 2008 - Both captain and FO will have LIDO (bye bye Jepps for good)

4. Yes, there is a training course and short test on the employee website and we get some cash for doing it.

By the way, I thought you worked for Pinnacle?

 

[Flyer1015]

I do, but I'm green (relatively new).

 

[Lazy8]

I do, but I'm green (relatively new).

Aren't we all!

 

[Flyer1015]

True,



<-------- PT the Clown is the most green. See his hair?

 

[redflyer65]

Just talked to a UPS POI. He rolled his eye when I started talking about Lido. He said good luck.

 

[landlover]

jetblue used LIDO for something like 6 months then swicthed back to jepps.

 

[flyf15]

Ya'll are gonna get good at filling out ASAP reports...

 

[FmrFreightDog]

At the risk of sounding dumb, what is LIDO??

 

[Flyer1015]

At the risk of sounding dumb, what is LIDO??

It's ok, I didn't know what it was either.

LIDO is Lufthansa System's flight planning and dispatch system.

http://www.lhsystems.com/topic3/topic33/index.htm

So basically, airport plates, approach plates, enroute charts, etc will be replaced to LIDO (bye bye Jeppessen).