Wow, not one pro for the Jepps. I used to use NOS but switched to Jepps for
the Northeast. Dropping by the pilot shop is not too convenient for me since
I normally get in the air after work, I would get a subscription to NOS.
Let's see, for the same coverage, I would need 4 NOS books @ $4.25 each.
That's $17.00 every 28 days which equals $221/year. If you factor in the
shipping for the charts @ $5 per shipment, that's $65.

So all things being equal (specifically the convenience of delivery
service), we are talking about $286 (NOS) versus $255 (Jepp).

I would start your analysis there according to your situation. Look at:
* if you can easily stop by a pilot shop during business hours every time
you may do an approach
* the possibility of a missed approach to another "NOS book" (e.g. missed in
Long Island, NY with the better weather being in Connecticut)
* preference on the "usability" of the charts. I personally like Jepp better
for their intuitive features
* what your real approach use-profile will be (mostly practice or real IFR
flying, one approach every other month or monthly use, etc.)

NOS is really not a lot cheaper for the same coverage and same service.

Marco Leon
(no affiliation with Jeppesen. Although, even their employees don't get
discounts on charts...)



"Judah" wrote in message
.. .
Last week I finally got checked out in the club's Arrow.

During the training, the instructor noticed that I was using the NACO
charts and plates.

He uses the Jeppeson stuff and excitedly indicated that it is far superior
to the NACO charts. He gave me a few reasons, but when I looked at it for
myself, I just can't figure out how to justify spending all that extra
money for really not all that extra features.

So what do people here think? Are the Jepp charts worth shelling out the
extra money?