Suggestions include Changes In Airman Testing On EFD's 

The NTSB Monday released a recommendation to the FAA that it revise airman knowledge tests to include questions regarding electronic flight and navigation displays, including normal operations, limitations, and the interpretation of malfunctions and aircraft attitudes.

The board said the FAA should require all manufacturers of certified electronic primary flight displays to include information in their approved aircraft flight manual and pilot's operating handbook supplements regarding abnormal equipment operation or malfunction due to subsystem and input malfunctions, including but not limited to pitot and/or static system blockages, magnetic sensor malfunctions, and attitude-heading reference system alignment failures, and incorporate training elements regarding electronic primary flight displays into your training materials and aeronautical knowledge requirements for all pilots.

The board further recommended that training elements regarding electronic primary flight displays be incorporated into initial and recurrent flight proficiency requirements for pilots of 14 Code of Regulations Part 23 certified aircraft equipped with those systems that address variations in equipment design and operations of such displays, and that guidance should be developed and published for the use of equipment-specific electronic avionics display simulators and procedural trainers that do not meet the definition of flight simulation training devices prescribed in 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60 to support equipment-specific pilot training requirements.

Finally, the board said the FAA should inform aircraft and avionics maintenance technicians about the critical role of voluntary service difficulty reporting system reports involving malfunctions or defects associated with electronic primary flight, navigation, and control systems in 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 23 certified aircraft used in general aviation operations.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov