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Lack of support for European market
Finally changed over to Foreflight. Very disappointing customer support for European operators from Garmin and the tardy updates of national charting is woefully inadequate. The system has become laggy and after being left with laggy carts and delays being to access IFR charts enough was enough. We operate Morden (new) iPads so it is clearly a Garmin Pilot system conflict. Foreflight operates quickly and smoothly and has great customer support. Very disappointing as we have used Pilot from aircraft delivery.Show lessPilotCharlie
Great App from Start to Finish
I’ve been using Garmin Pilot for the last 4 years and 400 flight hours. I used it during instrument training and every time I fly now. It’s become my constant companion on every flight and integrates seamlessly with my G1000 avionics and Garmin Aviation watch. I’ve never used any competitors but don’t feel I need to either.Show lessaCab224
Lost Canada Region for Weather Imagery
In March the Canada Region under Weather Imagery disappeared which means Canadian Pilots can no longer access Graphical chats for weather and icing etc. This means we have to access the NavCanada data separately which is very inconvenient. Customer support advised me on April 1st they were trying to re-establish the link with NavCanada but nothing has happened.
We can now file IFR and VFR plans in Canada using the Garmin Leidos function however it is proving unreliable as many times ATC does not receive the file and it has to be confirmed verbally.Show lessCirruslover
MOS & digital atis
Lacking the ability to see digital atis knocks it a star for me as the other apps my work uses has that function and its Awesome- and its something a person looks at every flight.
The MOS weather I have found to be absolutely worthless. It’s entirely random in its predictions. Like fog then no fog then fog again within 3 hours or it will say 6 miles-fog
Its has literally ruined several trip plans for me using its information. Especially since no real fog was ever in the TAF.
Its great for flight planing and filing which is the positive side and its 5 stars for that.Show lessPilotguy13
Cant file flight plan
It doesnt load fuel burn estimates, doest provide ETE. Trips generate random error messages making it impossible to file a flight plan. Wasted 2 days and several hours of lost flight time trying to figure this out. The overall flight planning features just seem very clunky overall. You have to scroll down to search for missing required info that isnt available in the flight plan tab. And the names are backward. The tab where you file your flight plan they call “trips” and the flight planning they call “flight plan” even though thats not where you actually file your flight plan. I dont understand why these are two separate tabs. The full flight plan and filing process should be on one tab that includes everything including w&b. Im at my wits end trying to figure out this app. Gonna try a different app or just file plans over the phoneShow less1Yafa1
Great app
I really love this app, my only wish is that i would be able to do a learning or some kind of seminars to learn how to use this better. It is really advanced and you can really do everything! Just takes some time to know how to use it. Otherwise i am very satisfied.Tzidek
Crashes
I’m stuck with an older version because I got an older iPad I can’t update. Garmin pilot keeps on crashing and I can’t do anything with it.BumbleBee1955
Good, But Not Great
Garmin Pilot is great for maps and charts, integrates well with my Garmin avionics, and I overall enjoy the app. I do have a few beefs though.
1) I can’t file VFR flight plans in Canada
2) Time fields in the log book are wrong. If I were Garmin, I’d be embarrassed about this. They don’t seem to know the difference between air time, and flight time. Also, the total time field doesn’t automatically calculate after entering Time Out and Time In unless you know the secret trick.
3) Aircraft setup for flight planning aren’t associated with aircraft for the log book.
4)PDF files like CFS pages used to open in an external app like Adobe for reading. They now open within GP, which doesn’t do as good of a job. I find there’s too much overhead around the documents on small screens, which hinders readability.Show lessSaskMatt
Great App, Minor things I wish we could add
Great app, my school provides subscriptions for free which has really enhanced my training. The only thing I wish is that we could insert into the Chart books/section the respective airport's Chart Supplement page and the Cold Temperature Correction page/table. Those items are critical when flying instrument and preparing the approach, and being unable to have access to those documents within Garmin and in the same section as the Charts is an issue/hindrance I would be quite concerned about if I were to rely on GarminPilot when I actually am working as a commercial pilot one day.Show lessjsdnfgkjnasg;lkansdg
Good, but could do better
A few things missing that I would like to see.
1. More third party connectivity I.e avidyne
2. Printable PLOG for VFR in UK
Thing it does well.
1. Checklists
2. General look and feel
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