B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200; Flight Crew Total 18000; Flight Crew Type 300
Training / Qualification; Human-Machine Interface
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Human Factors; Procedure
There is a specific format for naming latitude/longitude points within Jeppesen Flight Pro on the iPad. The acceptable formats are listed in the Jeppesen Flight Pro guide. You can not copy and paste your routing from your flight plan. Saber instructors are teaching this method and it will result in an erroneous position on the Jeppesen iPad app. We discovered this on our transition form Gander into New York FIR. Our flight plan copied route (per saber instructor guidance) had us way north of our 40n50w entry point. Please advise crews. You must enter lat/longs manually.
The method being taught in ground school for entering a flight plan with oceanic coordinates does not work. The Jeppesen Flight Pro does not accept the Saber flight plan method of indicating Latitude and Longitude; but does create an erroneous waypoint. The iPad Flight Pro is currently in the introductory phase and the other oceanic waypoints were not checked for accuracy.
B757 Captain experiences iPad waypoint entry errors when cutting and pasting the route from the flight plan as taught by ground school instructors. The flight plan format of 40N50W produces erroneous waypoints in the Jeppesen Flight Pro on the iPad.