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New version not as user friendly
With the latest updates, flight planning is difficult. It’s not nearly as user friendly as it used to be. The familiar user environment to the flight deck products and 760 was what kept me using it. Now I find it difficult to navigate and to create a flight plan and manage it. It feels very buggy.en-dmiller
Need Support for Garmin GPSMAP66i
Love to use the Garmin Pilot app and was really looking forward to paring my Garmin GPSMAP66i in reach with it like the Explorer+. Unfortunately looks like it hasn’t been added to the apps support! Really was hoping to use the GPS capability with the Garmin Pilot app to act as an external GPS receiver. Can’t for the life of me understand though why the GPSMAP66i which is basically a better more updated version of the Explorer+ doesn’t have the same support or connectivity... Please Garmin add the software support for the GPSMAP66i!Show lessdjdrake23
A job well done
After falling in love with the gorgeous interface, maps, safetaxi, it was so difficult to leave. For a while, Garmin Pilot lacked some basic functionality that wasn’t an absolute dealbreaker, but was occasionally frustrating. The release of 10.2 was the final nail that finished the app. I can’t find a single detail I don’t like anymore. Consider this a job well done. This is better than other competitors in every way.Show lessNTFSBUG
So disappointing
I bought a plane with perspective + and garmin pilot was designed to work seamlessly with updates and flight plan exchange.
When the program doesn’t crash it can exchange flight plans with the panel but it’s a few swipes and clicks more than ForeFlight.
The updating of databases... SSSSUUUUUKKKKSS. after you set it up which took me 4 hours... I had to create multiple accounts with 3rd parties then activate them to work properly. Then pair Bluetooth and WiFi. Then download lots of stuff then enable. I’ve had to do this several times as the app is glitchy.
The database concierge is very confusing and has worked only a few times. I don’t even try anymore. I just use the cards.
I’ve had the app crash on me many times. Brand new iPad. Brand new download. Tried it on multiple iPads. Crash. Crash. Crash.
Honestly... it’s horrible. Sorry. I love garmin aviation. But the app, despite some clever interfaces and ideas, is totally unreliable, clumsy and confusing.Show lessSR22KLAX
Works great with iPhone as well
So, obviously this app works best on iPad. However, I’m just a lowly private pilot who flies a Cherokee on the weekends with a tight budget to boot. As such, I don’t really want to keep and maintain an iPad as well as my iPhone. Therefore, I just use my 11 Pro Max. Works a charm and suits my needs perfectly.Show lessdave1994slc
Used it for 4 years now
I’ve been using this FB for 4 years and like it a lot, only issue I have that has not been addressed in any of the updates is how terrible the document download is, every new version for some reason there will always be one file (the tpp for me on version 10) that will forever be stuck loading and there is no way for me to know if it’s downloading it at all.Show lessWAKO_Jacko90
If it had my checklist
I am trying hard to use only one app, but without the Checklist for my Cessna 182T I cannot let go of ForeFlight. I know I could type it all by hand one day, but... otherwise I like Garmin Pilot a lot. The other thing I would need not to open FF (or think about dropping it) would be the ability to email Briefing. So, egocentric wish list: 182T checklist and Brief email.Show lessLectores
Love the app- better than FF/FlyQ
I have used this app for well over 10 years, and to me it is the most user friendly of all. Generally intuitive, graphically and functionally superior to competitors.
One issue-several updates ago, (a couple of years, actually) the winds aloft text began using lat/long instead of station ID. I have searched thru settings, but can’t seem to change over. It is frustrating to have to consult my “stand by” app to get understandable winds aloft info ONLY.
Any clues out there?Show lessRightrudder
Nice app but not great for VFR
Mostly I really like it. Would be nice if the app could cater for different altitudes for the programmed legs of the flight. VFR pilots often need to change altitude to avoid controlled airspace and currently this app only lets the user set one altitude for the entire flight. I have to have SkyDemon installed as well just to cater for this issue as SkyDemon incorporates this feature. I also find that Garmin Pilot is missing a lot of the smaller airfields in South Africa compared to others. Would be nice if we could add them either manually or submit a request.Show lessDeejayc13
Please Add Cabin Altitude & Warning
We’re all too familiar with examples of fatalities due to loss of cabin pressure and hypoxia in nominally pressurized aircraft. As a golfer, Payne Stewart always comes to my mind, but there unfortunately are many others.
Many of our onboard devices running Garmin Pilot include an atmospheric pressure sensor. For example, both my Samsung Galaxy S7 and my iPad Mini IV include built-in pressure sensors.
Garmin Pilot could easily, I believe, include a cabin altitude (pressure) monitoring function to alert the pilot if cabin altitude exceeds FAR requirements for supplemental oxygen. As an example, please see the iOS app called AvAltimeter by Aviametrix, which has some good features, but only runs in the background and won’t update pressure altitude unless it is “brought up”.
Garmin Pilot Development Team - Beat FF with this enhancement to your already fantastic software! Please help save lives!Show lessN18JM
