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		rpmcb on April 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Some American Airlines planes are grounded because... The flight plan is programmed into the airplane's avionics, as well as on a printed hard copy in the cockpit. The app is supplemental. It can not be used as a primary navigation reference, per FAA regulations.

blktiger on April 29, 2015 [–]

It sounded to me like the pilot's couldn't input the flight plans into the cockpit avionics because they didn't have a paper copy of the flight plan.

rpmcb on April 29, 2015 | [–]

A flight plan and a procedure are very different things. Every commercial flight in America has a hard copy of their flight plan in the cockpit.

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