[mmaunder]

FOD? “EFBs are (IMO) a poor substitute due to the FOD concern here, the clunky touch screen interface (which you probably have to take gloves off for), the risk of getting locked out of important things like checklist and plates by BlackBerry, Foreflight licenses, passcode timers or other security layer etc.”???

This is basically just wrong. EFBs like ForeFlight are an incredibly rich and indispensable suite of tools from approach plates to a huge range of charts to log books to synthetic vision to adsb-in and much more. And operationally they’re very reliable and robust. I’m instrument rated, fly with a primary and backup iPad and have mine clamped to the yoke and it ain’t going anywhere.

ForeFlight licenses? What are you even talking about? In North America FF is almost a standard among GA pilots.

[civilitty]

The GP is talking about them in an operational military context, not a GA. I'm not too familiar with helicopters but see the L39 Alabtross or T38, for example. Even in trainer jets that are optimized for keeping students alive, the PIC can barely fit an iPad mini anywhere in the cockpit and there are tons of little places for things to fall and jam any number of mechanical linkages.