Caution with Garmin GPS units and SIDs/STARs

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Garmin issued this bulletin today:

http://www8.garmin.com/aviation/notices/1228.pdf

AFFECTED PRODUCTS
All Garmin Integrated Flight Deck Systems, G500/G600, GNS 400W/500W-series, and
GTN-series navigation systems are affected.

PURPOSE
In some cases, published Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs) and Standard
Terminal Arrivals (STARs) contain specific instructions within the Departure Route
Description or arrival procedures that differ according to aircraft type, such as “JETS” or
“ALL OTHERS.” In cases where more than one aircraft type-specific instruction is
provided within the same procedure, only the “JETS” aircraft type-specific instructions
are provided in the source data and encoded in the Navigation Database. Therefore,
the navigation system will only provide guidance information according to the JETS specific
instructions. These instructions may differ significantly from departure or arrival
instructions that are appropriate for your aircraft type and erroneously following the
resulting guidance information may create a safety issue.

PILOT ACTION REQUIRED
Always crosscheck the displayed route information with the published procedure prior to
using any SID or STAR guidance information provided by the navigation system. Do
not load a SID or STAR that contains JETS-specific instructions (or other procedures
that are not applicable to your operation or ATC clearance) into navigation systems that
are installed in non-jet aircraft.