[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1211},["ShallowReactive",2],{"desk-guide-\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fflight-brief\u002F":3,"desk-guide-nav-\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fflight-brief\u002F":1195},{"id":4,"title":5,"appVersion":6,"body":7,"date":1169,"dateModified":1170,"description":1171,"draft":1172,"extension":1173,"faqs":1170,"howTo":1174,"keyTakeaways":1182,"meta":1187,"metaDescription":1170,"navigation":1188,"order":1189,"path":1190,"section":1191,"seo":1192,"stem":1193,"__hash__":1194},"deskGuide\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fflight-brief.md","Flight Brief","1.0.7",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":1148},"minimark",[10,30,43,48,59,154,183,192,199,203,295,300,318,322,340,343,347,350,550,555,576,580,591,681,687,693,697,757,761,787,790,794,806,810,831,834,840,844,873,876,880,904,907,911,935,938,942,947,1020,1034,1038,1061,1065,1076,1080,1086,1094,1102,1108,1117,1121],[11,12,13,16,17,21,22,29],"p",{},[14,15,5],"strong",{}," on Pilot EFB Desk is the flight-folder journey at ",[18,19,20],"code",{},"\u002Fflights",":\none folder per flight, holding your route and times, the weather and NOTAMs\nbriefed around them, your notes, snapshots and attachments. On a desk the\nfolder reads as a record - a route head, cells that state what is set and\nwhat is still an estimate, a trust line that says whether the data is current\nand complete. The footers are the module's standing framing, verbatim from the\napp: \"Reference only - verify officially.\" under the weather, \"May be\nincomplete - verify officially.\" under the NOTAMs, \"Personal planning only.\"\nunder the ",[23,24,28],"a",{"href":25,"className":26},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-fdp",[27],"glossary-link","FDP",", and \"Personal reference · not for operational use\" at the foot\nof every folder.",[31,32,35],"callout",{"title":33,"type":34},"Before you start","info",[11,36,37,38,42],{},"Live weather and NOTAMs need a connection, and a folder only shows what its\nsources returned. Route weather and NOTAMs fill in once the folder has route\nlegs; the FDP verdict needs a reporting time and an end-of-duty time, and a\nduty rule set chosen in ",[23,39,41],{"href":40},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fsettings-and-sync","Settings",". Everything\nin Flight Brief is included in Desk - there is no folder cap in the browser.",[44,45,47],"h2",{"id":46},"find-your-way-around","Find your way around",[11,49,50,51,54,55,58],{},"The landing is a ",[14,52,53],{},"List"," | ",[14,56,57],{},"Calendar"," toggle over the same folders.",[60,61,62,75],"table",{},[63,64,65],"thead",{},[66,67,68,72],"tr",{},[69,70,71],"th",{},"Region",[69,73,74],{},"What it shows",[76,77,78,101,111,121,135,145],"tbody",{},[66,79,80,86],{},[81,82,83],"td",{},[14,84,85],{},"PLAN A NEW BRIEFING",[81,87,88,89,92,93,96,97,100],{},"The create card: ",[14,90,91],{},"FROM"," and ",[14,94,95],{},"TO"," ICAO wells, a swap button, and ",[14,98,99],{},"Build briefing",". The chips LIVE WX, NOTAMS and FDP name what a folder pulls",[66,102,103,108],{},[81,104,105],{},[14,106,107],{},"TODAY'S FLIGHT",[81,109,110],{},"The active folder, with an \"n active\" count",[66,112,113,118],{},[81,114,115],{},[14,116,117],{},"UPCOMING",[81,119,120],{},"Planned folders, with an \"n planned\" count",[66,122,123,128],{},[81,124,125],{},[14,126,127],{},"RECENT BRIEFINGS",[81,129,130,131,134],{},"Completed folders, with a count and a ",[14,132,133],{},"View logbook"," button",[66,136,137,142],{},[81,138,139],{},[14,140,141],{},"ARCHIVED",[81,143,144],{},"Archived folders, dimmed, with their status chip",[66,146,147,151],{},[81,148,149],{},[14,150,57],{},[81,152,153],{},"A month grid over the same folders, with a day panel beside it",[11,155,156,157,160,161,166,167,170,171,174,175,178,179,182],{},"Each folder card carries a date tile, the route chain (every stop of a pasted\nairway route), a sector chip (\"1 sector\", \"10 sectors\"), a ",[14,158,159],{},"Today"," chip on\ntoday's planned folder, the aircraft type and registration in mono, a \"sealed\n2 WX · 1 ",[23,162,165],{"href":163,"className":164},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-notam",[27],"NOTAM","\" or \"not sealed\" note on completed folders, and a status chip -\n",[14,168,169],{},"Planned",", ",[14,172,173],{},"Active"," or ",[14,176,177],{},"Completed",". A folder linked to a duty adds a\nblock time and an FDP verdict chip (Legal, Near or Not legal); when the duty\nhistory cannot be read, a band says so and offers ",[14,180,181],{},"Retry"," rather than\nshowing a silent dash.",[184,185],"guide-shot",{"alt":186,"caption":187,"height":188,"src":189,"variant":190,"width":191},"The Flight Brief landing on Pilot EFB Desk with the List and Calendar toggle set to List: a PLAN A NEW BRIEFING card with LIVE WX, NOTAMS and FDP chips, FROM and TO wells reading ICAO, a swap button, a Build briefing button and the line Pulls live weather, NOTAMs and FDP for any city pair - sealed into one verifiable briefing, then an UPCOMING section counting 5 planned with rows for EGLL to LEPA, EGLL to EDDF, a ten-sector KJFK to KBNA airway route, EGLL to LIRF and EGLL to LEMD, each with a date tile, a sector chip, the aircraft A320 and its registration, a Planned chip and an Open briefing link, and a RECENT BRIEFINGS section counting 61 with a View logbook button and Completed rows for KJFK to EDDF to KJFK and OMDB to EGKK to OMDB","The landing: the create card at the top, then your folders grouped by upcoming and recent.",1800,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fflight-brief\u002Fflights","web",2880,[11,193,194,195,198],{},"With no folders at all the landing opens on an empty stage titled \"No\nbriefings yet\", with a ",[14,196,197],{},"Plan a briefing"," action that focuses the FROM well,\nand the footnote \"Informational only - a folder is a read of public sources at\none instant, never a dispatch release.\"",[44,200,202],{"id":201},"how-to-plan-a-briefing-from-a-city-pair","How to plan a briefing from a city pair",[204,205,206,213,222,228,249,282,289],"ol",{},[207,208,209,210,212],"li",{},"Open ",[14,211,5],{}," from the sidebar.",[207,214,215,216,218,219,221],{},"Type the departure ICAO into ",[14,217,91],{}," and the destination into ",[14,220,95],{},". The\nswap button between them exchanges the two.",[207,223,224,225,227],{},"Press ",[14,226,99],{},". The setup wizard opens in a dialog with the city\npair already on leg 1.",[207,229,230,231,234,235,238,239,170,242,92,245,248],{},"At desk width the wizard is a rail-stepped form. The ",[14,232,233],{},"Setup panes"," rail\non the left, headed \"Your day\", lists ",[14,236,237],{},"Set up the day",", one pane per leg\n(titled by its route once routed, \"Leg 2\" until then), then ",[14,240,241],{},"Aircraft &\ncrew",[14,243,244],{},"Duty times",[14,246,247],{},"Monitoring & notes",". Each row carries its\nstate - Current, Done, Skipped or Not started. Every pane except the first\nstays locked, \"Complete \"Set up the day\" first\", until the day is valid.",[207,250,251,252,254,255,92,258,261,262,265,266,269,270,273,274,277,278,281],{},"On ",[14,253,237],{},", check the ",[14,256,257],{},"From",[14,259,260],{},"To"," fields, press ",[14,263,264],{},"Add\nonward leg"," for a multi-sector day, and set the ",[14,267,268],{},"Reporting airport"," and\nthe ",[14,271,272],{},"Reporting time",". The reporting time anchors the duty day; ",[14,275,276],{},"Now\n(Z)"," fills it with the current UTC minute. ",[14,279,280],{},"From template"," pre-fills the\nroute from a template you saved off an earlier folder.",[207,283,284,285,288],{},"Work through the other panes if you have the facts, or skip them - each\nleg pane takes planned off-block, takeoff, landing and on-block times (or\n",[14,286,287],{},"Estimate"," seeds them from your taxi allowance and cruise speed), a\nplanned cruise level, a flight number, alternates and who flies the leg;\nthe day panes take type, registration and crew, duty times, extra airports\nto brief and free-form notes.",[207,290,224,291,294],{},[14,292,293],{},"Finish & view briefing",". You land in the folder and the brief\nbuilds around your day.",[184,296],{"alt":297,"caption":298,"height":188,"src":299,"variant":190,"width":191},"The briefing setup wizard open as a dialog over the Flight Brief landing: a left rail headed Your day listing Set up the day marked Current, then EGLL to LEPA, Aircraft & crew, Duty times and Monitoring & notes each locked with Complete Set up the day first, and a Set up the day pane reading Step 1 of 5 with a From template button, a Route card reading Where you are flying, Add onward legs for a multi-sector day, with Quick add chips for LEPA, LEMD, EDDF, LFPG and EHAM, From EGLL and To LEPA fields and an Add onward leg button, a Report card reading When and where you sign on - this anchors the duty day, with a Reporting airport field reading ICAO, a Reporting time field marked Required showing dashes and a plus button, the hint to set it when you sign on, and a Continue button, with the landing behind showing FROM EGLL and TO LEPA in the Plan a new briefing card and the UPCOMING folders","The setup wizard at desk width: the panes rail on the left, and the Set up the day pane with the route and the reporting time that anchors the duty day.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fflight-brief\u002Fwizard",[31,301,304],{"title":302,"type":303},"Leaving the wizard early","tip",[11,305,306,307,92,310,313,314,317],{},"Closing the dialog with unsaved edits asks \"Discard changes?\" - \"Your unsaved\nedits will be lost.\" - with ",[14,308,309],{},"Discard",[14,311,312],{},"Keep editing",". Once Set up the\nday is done the folder exists as a Planned folder under UPCOMING, and ",[14,315,316],{},"Edit\nbriefing"," in the folder's menu reopens the wizard.",[44,319,321],{"id":320},"how-to-plan-from-a-pasted-airway-route","How to plan from a pasted airway route",[204,323,324,330,337],{},[207,325,326,327,329],{},"Start a briefing as above and open the ",[14,328,237],{}," pane.",[207,331,332,333,336],{},"In ",[14,334,335],{},"Filed route (optional)",", paste the route string as filed - the field\nshows the shape it expects, \"e.g. N0450F350 DCT BPK UL10 55N020W\".",[207,338,339],{},"Finish the wizard as normal. The folder's route chain expands through the\nfixes, so the landing card lists every stop (the KJFK to KBNA folder above\nreads \"10 sectors\"), the route map draws the bends, and the route NOTAM\nsweep follows the corridor.",[11,341,342],{},"Reporting times more than 24 hours in the past are refused with \"This\nreporting time is more than 24 hours in the past - set a current or future\ntime to continue.\"; a time a few hours back is accepted with the note \"This\nreporting time is in the past - fine if you are already on duty.\"",[44,344,346],{"id":345},"how-to-read-the-folder","How to read the folder",[11,348,349],{},"Open a folder from any card or calendar day. The page has a header, a hero\nand then five zones down the page, widest data first.",[60,351,352,360],{},[63,353,354],{},[66,355,356,358],{},[69,357,71],{},[69,359,74],{},[76,361,362,398,421,450,464,474,487,501,530],{},[66,363,364,369],{},[81,365,366],{},[14,367,368],{},"Header",[81,370,371,372,375,376,379,380,383,384,387,388,391,392,92,395],{},"The ",[14,373,374],{},"Folders"," breadcrumb, a ",[14,377,378],{},"UTC · Z"," \u002F ",[14,381,382],{},"Local · L"," toggle, ",[14,385,386],{},"Refresh",", the note button, the ",[18,389,390],{},"..."," menu, ",[14,393,394],{},"Watch this flight",[14,396,397],{},"Save brief to flight",[66,399,400,405],{},[81,401,402],{},[14,403,404],{},"Route head",[81,406,407,408,170,411,170,414,92,417,420],{},"The status chip, \"single sector\" or the sector count, the aircraft profile chip, the route with each airport's flight category, an \"est\" tag on estimated legs, and the cells ",[14,409,410],{},"REPORT",[14,412,413],{},"RELEASE",[14,415,416],{},"AIRCRAFT",[14,418,419],{},"CREW"," - each reading \"Not set\" with a + until you set it",[66,422,423,428],{},[81,424,425],{},[14,426,427],{},"Status band",[81,429,430,433,434,437,438,441,442,445,446,449],{},[14,431,432],{},"FDP MARGIN"," (\"Estimate until timed\" until the duty is timed, then the margin \"within HH:MM max\"), ",[14,435,436],{},"ROUTE WEATHER"," (the worst category and \"n of n reporting\"), ",[14,439,440],{},"NOTAMS"," (\"n active\" with \"n critical\", \"None active\", \"Checking\" or \"Unavailable - source down\"), ",[14,443,444],{},"COMPLIANCE"," (Review before you go and the like, from your records) and ",[14,447,448],{},"READINESS"," (\"Estimate\" with the checklist progress). A lifecycle line follows: \"PLANNED - Start it from the menu (top right) when your duty begins.\"",[66,451,452,457],{},[81,453,454],{},[14,455,456],{},"Sharpen your brief",[81,458,459,460,463],{},"The checklist of fields that sharpen the brief, beside the ",[14,461,462],{},"Flight duty period"," verdict and the trust line",[66,465,466,471],{},[81,467,468],{},[14,469,470],{},"Am I legal to operate?",[81,472,473],{},"Your currency rules and credentials with their expiry, headed \"Review before you go\" when something is close - \"This is your personal record, not an authoritative legality check.\"",[66,475,476,481],{},[81,477,478],{},[14,479,480],{},"Route weather",[81,482,483,484],{},"Full width: a card per field, \"Worst on route\" first, with ",[14,485,486],{},"Refresh weather",[66,488,489,494],{},[81,490,491],{},[14,492,493],{},"NOTAMs",[81,495,496,497,500],{},"Full width, \"Ranked · closures first\", grouped Departure, Destination, Alternate, Enroute and Turnaround, plus the ",[14,498,499],{},"Along the route"," corridor band",[66,502,503,508],{},[81,504,505],{},[14,506,507],{},"Working grid",[81,509,510,170,513,170,516,519,520,170,523,92,526,529],{},[14,511,512],{},"Runway wind & low-sun",[14,514,515],{},"Alternate screening",[14,517,518],{},"Day plan",", the review card, ",[14,521,522],{},"Enroute winds",[14,524,525],{},"Crew bag",[14,527,528],{},"Route map",", balanced into two columns",[66,531,532,537],{},[81,533,534],{},[14,535,536],{},"Extras",[81,538,539,540,543,544,92,547],{},"Collapsed rows for ",[14,541,542],{},"Pre-flight notes"," (\"Notes and sealed briefing snapshots\"), ",[14,545,546],{},"Voyage reports",[14,548,549],{},"Checklists",[184,551],{"alt":552,"caption":553,"height":188,"src":554,"variant":190,"width":191},"An open flight folder on Pilot EFB Desk for EGLL to LEPA: a header with the Folders breadcrumb, a UTC Z toggle, Refresh, a note button, a three-dot menu, Watch this flight and Save brief to flight buttons, a route head with a Planned chip, the words single sector, an A320 company limits chip, EGLL London and LEPA Palma de Mallorca both marked VFR with an est tag on the leg line, REPORT and RELEASE cells reading Not set and an AIRCRAFT cell reading A320 G-PEFA, a band of cells reading FDP MARGIN dash Estimate until timed, ROUTE WEATHER VFR 2 of 2 reporting, NOTAMS 74 active 4 critical, COMPLIANCE Review SEPT 19 d and READINESS Estimate 8 percent complete, a PLANNED line reading Start it from the menu top right when your duty begins, a SHARPEN YOUR BRIEF card counting 1 of 6 added with tiles for Route legs, Report time and place, End-of-duty time, Crew and rest facility and Alternates and a line Added Aircraft type, a Trusted Current and complete trust line, and an AM I LEGAL TO OPERATE panel headed Review before you go listing three CURRENT currency rules and credentials valid for 142, 201 and 292 days","The folder as a record: the route head and the cells that say what is set, then the checklist, the trust line and your records.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fdesk\u002Fflight-brief\u002Fflight-brief",[11,556,371,557,560,561,564,565,174,568,571,572,575],{},[14,558,559],{},"trust line"," grades the data behind the brief in one word: ",[14,562,563],{},"Trusted","\n(\"Current & complete\"), ",[14,566,567],{},"Aging",[14,569,570],{},"Gaps",", with the station-by-station\nreasons a click away. Its explainer states its limits: \"A quick check of\nwhether weather and NOTAM data is present and current for every airport on\nyour route. It is not an operational clearance - always confirm against\nofficial sources.\" The ",[14,573,574],{},"Brief spine"," panel names every source with its fetch\ntime, and a sealed folder adds \"Sealed brief · SHA-256 verified\".",[44,577,579],{"id":578},"how-to-sharpen-the-brief","How to sharpen the brief",[204,581,582,588],{},[207,583,584,585,587],{},"Read the ",[14,586,456],{}," card. While the folder is thin it warns\n\"Your FDP is an estimate until the flight-duty items below are complete.\"\nand counts what you have added, \"1 of 6 added\".",[207,589,590],{},"Click a tile to jump to that field in the wizard. Each tile names what it\nadds to the brief:",[60,592,593,603],{},[63,594,595],{},[66,596,597,600],{},[69,598,599],{},"Tile",[69,601,602],{},"What it adds",[76,604,605,615,625,635,645,655,671],{},[66,606,607,612],{},[81,608,609],{},[14,610,611],{},"Route legs",[81,613,614],{},"Route weather and NOTAMs",[66,616,617,622],{},[81,618,619],{},[14,620,621],{},"Leg times",[81,623,624],{},"FDP sectors and duty length",[66,626,627,632],{},[81,628,629],{},[14,630,631],{},"Report time & place",[81,633,634],{},"The duty start and a real FDP",[66,636,637,642],{},[81,638,639],{},[14,640,641],{},"End-of-duty time",[81,643,644],{},"FDP margin and fatigue",[66,646,647,652],{},[81,648,649],{},[14,650,651],{},"Crew & rest facility",[81,653,654],{},"Augmented-crew FDP accuracy",[66,656,657,662],{},[81,658,659],{},[14,660,661],{},"Aircraft type",[81,663,664,665,670],{},"The currency and ",[23,666,669],{"href":667,"className":668},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-recency",[27],"recency"," check",[66,672,673,678],{},[81,674,675],{},[14,676,677],{},"Alternates",[81,679,680],{},"Alternate weather and NOTAMs",[204,682,684],{"start":683},3,[207,685,686],{},"As you fill fields in, the cells on the head change from \"Not set\" and\n\"Estimate\" to the figures, and the FDP margin becomes a verdict. The card\nturns green once every item is added.",[31,688,690],{"title":689,"type":34},"An estimate is labelled an estimate",[11,691,692],{},"An \"est\" tag on the leg line and \"Estimate until timed\" on the FDP cell mean\nthe folder is working from defaults, not from your times. The folder never\nhides the difference.",[44,694,696],{"id":695},"how-to-read-route-weather-and-notams","How to read route weather and NOTAMs",[204,698,699,730,743],{},[207,700,701,702,704,705,710,711,716,717,722,723,726,727,729],{},"Scroll to ",[14,703,480],{},". Each field has a card with wind, visibility,\nceiling, temperature and dew point and ",[23,706,709],{"href":707,"className":708},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-qnh",[27],"QNH","; the panel is headed with the\nfields it covers (\"",[23,712,715],{"href":713,"className":714},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-metar",[27],"METAR"," · ",[23,718,721],{"href":719,"className":720},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-taf",[27],"TAF"," · 2 fields\") and ",[14,724,725],{},"Worst on route"," leads.\n",[14,728,486],{}," fetches again. The foot reads \"Reference only - verify\nofficially.\"",[207,731,701,732,734,735,738,739,742],{},[14,733,493],{},". Entries are \"Ranked · closures first\", one board row\neach, grouped by Departure, Destination, Alternate, Enroute and Turnaround,\nwith an \"In your planned window\" mark on the ones whose validity overlaps\nyour times. ",[14,736,737],{},"Show raw"," on a row opens the raw text; ",[14,740,741],{},"Refresh NOTAMs","\nfetches again. \"No NOTAMs returned\" is a report of what the source sent,\nnot an all-clear; the foot reads \"May be incomplete - verify officially.\"",[207,744,371,745,747,748,751,752,756],{},[14,746,499],{}," band rolls up the corridor sweep by tier - critical\nfirst - and ",[14,749,750],{},"Open in Ops Map"," opens the route on the\n",[23,753,755],{"href":754},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fops-map","Ops Map"," with the NOTAM layer and corridor armed. If\nthe corridor was not swept it says so: \"No route NOTAM data - the corridor\nwas not swept\".",[44,758,760],{"id":759},"how-to-mark-the-brief-as-reviewed","How to mark the brief as reviewed",[204,762,763,770,776],{},[207,764,765,766,769],{},"In the working grid, find the review card. Its title is ",[14,767,768],{},"Mark this brief\nas reviewed"," and it asks you to \"Confirm you have read the weather and\nNOTAMs for this brief.\"; a line beneath counts the NOTAMs you have opened.",[207,771,224,772,775],{},[14,773,774],{},"Mark as reviewed (personal note)",". The card then reads \"Reviewed\nby you at\" with the UTC time.",[207,777,778,779,782,783,786],{},"If the frozen data changes afterwards, the card turns amber, titled\n",[14,780,781],{},"Review again",", with ",[14,784,785],{},"Mark as reviewed again",".",[11,788,789],{},"While the trust line reads Gaps or Aging the button stays off: \"Resolve the\ngaps and refresh, then you can mark it reviewed.\" The mark is a personal note,\nand the app says so on the button itself: \"not an operational sign-off\".",[44,791,793],{"id":792},"how-to-read-the-route-map","How to read the route map",[11,795,371,796,798,799,802,803,805],{},[14,797,528],{}," panel in the working grid is a plan view of your route: 1:10m\ncoastlines and borders with country names, a graticule with edge captions, a\ndistance label laid along each leg, direction arrows, open-triangle ticks for\nthe filed fixes with their idents where room allows, a scale bar, a north\narrow, and the surrounding large and medium aerodromes drawn as ring-and-runway\nsymbols with mono ICAO labels. Each route stop and alternate carries a bar\nshowing its longest runway's true orientation, left out when the dataset has\nno heading. The caption states the limit: \"Schematic route only - not for\nnavigation.\" ",[14,800,801],{},"Open this route in the Ops Map"," hands the route to the\n",[23,804,755],{"href":754}," for the live chart.",[44,807,809],{"id":808},"how-to-save-a-hash-verified-snapshot","How to save a hash-verified snapshot",[204,811,812,818,828],{},[207,813,814,815,817],{},"On a Planned or Active folder, press ",[14,816,397],{}," in the\nheader. The live weather and NOTAMs are frozen into the folder as they\nare at that moment.",[207,819,820,821,823,824,827],{},"Open the ",[14,822,542],{}," row in the extras band to see the ledger of\nnotes and snapshots, each with its saved time and a ",[14,825,826],{},"Verified ✓"," mark.",[207,829,830],{},"On a completed folder the Route weather and NOTAMs zones show the frozen\nset instead of live data, and the spine reads \"Sealed brief · SHA-256\nverified\".",[11,832,833],{},"The row explains the mechanism before you have used it: \"Briefing not yet\nfrozen. Saved weather and NOTAMs are sealed with an immutable SHA-256 hash when\nyou start the flight.\" Every snapshot is hashed when it is written and the\nhash is checked every time it is displayed; a mismatch is reported as\n\"Snapshot integrity check failed - SHA-256 mismatch\" and the spine reads\n\"Sealed brief · seal check FAILED\" rather than showing the data as sound.",[31,835,837],{"title":836,"type":34},"Snapshots never refresh",[11,838,839],{},"A snapshot is the data from the time of saving - a record of what you briefed.\nThe ledger says so: \"The live Weather and NOTAMs sections above stay current;\nthese never change.\"",[44,841,843],{"id":842},"how-to-export-the-briefing-pack","How to export the briefing pack",[204,845,846,860,870],{},[207,847,848,849,851,852,855,856,859],{},"Open the folder's ",[18,850,390],{}," menu and, under ",[14,853,854],{},"Manage",", press ",[14,857,858],{},"Share brief\n(PDF)",". The browser produces the pack as a PDF document.",[207,861,862,863,865,866,869],{},"To carry an Ops Map view in the pack, capture it first: open the route on\nthe ",[23,864,755],{"href":754},", set the layers and time you want, and\npress ",[14,867,868],{},"Add map to briefing pack"," in its Share panel. The map needs a\nbrief leg selected - \"Select a brief flight leg first - the pack belongs to\na flight.\"",[207,871,872],{},"Export the pack from that folder. The map page carries the \"Not for\nnavigation\" badge, the basemap credit and the UTC capture stamp burned into\nthe image itself, and it embeds only in the flight the capture was made\nfor.",[11,874,875],{},"The captured map lives in memory only. Reloading the browser clears it, and\nthe next pack simply has no map page rather than a stale one.",[44,877,879],{"id":878},"how-to-use-the-crew-bag","How to use the crew bag",[204,881,882,887,894],{},[207,883,701,884,886],{},[14,885,525],{}," in the working grid (\"stored per-flight · hashed\").",[207,888,889,890,893],{},"Drag files onto the dashed well - \"Drop charts, plates or a roster photo\nhere - kept on this flight, offline.\" - or press ",[14,891,892],{},"+ Add document"," and\npick a photo or PDF.",[207,895,896,897,174,900,903],{},"Each row shows the file name, its size, \"added\" with the UTC time, a short\nhash, and its kind, ",[14,898,899],{},"Image",[14,901,902],{},"Document",". Click a row to open it; the\nbin button asks \"Delete attachment?\" before removing it.",[11,905,906],{},"Attachments you add in the browser upload with sync to the same cloud storage\nthe iOS app uses, so they are not lost to a browser clean-up and appear on your\nphone. A file added on the phone lists here with the caption \"Available on\nyour iPhone or iPad\" and does not open in the browser. Adding and deleting\nstay live on a completed folder.",[44,908,910],{"id":909},"how-to-watch-this-flight","How to watch this flight",[204,912,913,919,932],{},[207,914,915,916,918],{},"In the folder header, press ",[14,917,394],{}," (it reads \"Reading\nroute...\" while the legs are resolved).",[207,920,371,921,925,926,931],{},[23,922,924],{"href":923},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fwatch","Watch Desk"," rule editor opens prefilled with the\nfolder as a route scope - departure, destination, alternates and monitored\nairports with the ETA - and a TAF rule for ",[23,927,930],{"href":928,"className":929},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-ifr",[27],"IFR"," or worse in the 6 hours\naround your ETA.",[207,933,934],{},"Confirm the rule there. Nothing is saved on the press itself.",[11,936,937],{},"A folder with no legs says so in place: \"This folder has no route airports\nyet - add legs first.\" The button is hidden on a completed folder.",[44,939,941],{"id":940},"how-to-manage-the-folder","How to manage the folder",[11,943,371,944,946],{},[18,945,390],{}," menu in the header groups the actions:",[60,948,949,959],{},[63,950,951],{},[66,952,953,956],{},[69,954,955],{},"Group",[69,957,958],{},"Actions",[76,960,961,981,997],{},[66,962,963,968],{},[81,964,965],{},[14,966,967],{},"This briefing",[81,969,970,170,973,976,977,980],{},[14,971,972],{},"Edit briefing",[14,974,975],{},"Add another station"," (freeze weather or NOTAMs for an off-route station), ",[14,978,979],{},"Start now"," on a Planned folder",[66,982,983,988],{},[81,984,985],{},[14,986,987],{},"New flight",[81,989,990,170,993,996],{},[14,991,992],{},"Plan another flight",[14,994,995],{},"Fly again"," (a fresh folder pre-filled from this one)",[66,998,999,1003],{},[81,1000,1001],{},[14,1002,854],{},[81,1004,1005,170,1008,170,1011,174,1014,170,1017],{},[14,1006,1007],{},"Share brief (PDF)",[14,1009,1010],{},"Save as template",[14,1012,1013],{},"Archive",[14,1015,1016],{},"Unarchive",[14,1018,1019],{},"Delete folder",[11,1021,1022,1023,1026,1027,1029,1030,786],{},"A Planned folder starts itself at your reporting time and goes Active; the\nlifecycle line offers ",[14,1024,1025],{},"Undo - back to draft"," if it started before you were\nready. A completed folder is read-only and shows ",[14,1028,995],{}," in its place.\nCompleting the day and turning sectors into logbook entries works as in the\niOS chapter, and the entries land in the ",[23,1031,1033],{"href":1032},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Flogbook","Logbook",[44,1035,1037],{"id":1036},"how-to-use-the-calendar","How to use the calendar",[204,1039,1040,1045,1052,1055],{},[207,1041,224,1042,1044],{},[14,1043,57],{}," in the toggle at the top of the landing.",[207,1046,1047,1048,1051],{},"Move between months with the arrows, or ",[14,1049,1050],{},"Jump to the current month",".\nA day with a folder shows its route; a day with a duty but no folder shows\na hollow marker.",[207,1053,1054],{},"Click a day. The panel beside the grid lists its folders (\"2 flights\")\nwith a route, registration, date and status line each, reads \"Duty day -\nno flight folder \u002F Open the Duty hub for the figures\" on a duty-only day,\nor \"Nothing planned or flown on this day.\" otherwise.",[207,1056,224,1057,1060],{},[14,1058,1059],{},"Add flight on this date"," to open the setup wizard with that date.",[44,1062,1064],{"id":1063},"on-iphone-and-ipad","On iPhone and iPad",[11,1066,1067,1068,92,1072,786],{},"On the phone the same folders live in the Brief tab as the Flight Brief\nlauncher, with the paced two-step wizard, the suggestion card from your\nroster, snapshots from the folder's add button and the completion review that\nproposes one logbook entry per sector; the free tier there holds 3 folders.\nThe browser-only pieces are the calendar over the same folders, the rail-\nstepped wizard, the plan-view route map, the Ops Map snapshot in the pack,\ndrag-and-drop into the crew bag and Watch this flight. See\n",[23,1069,1071],{"href":1070},"\u002Fguide\u002Fflights","Flights on iPhone",[23,1073,1075],{"href":1074},"\u002Fguide\u002Fbrief","Brief on iPhone",[44,1077,1079],{"id":1078},"troubleshooting","Troubleshooting",[11,1081,1082,1085],{},[14,1083,1084],{},"FDP MARGIN shows a dash."," The cell reads \"Estimate until timed\" until the\nfolder has a reporting time and an end-of-duty time. Add them from the\nSharpen your brief tiles, and check a duty rule set is chosen in Settings.",[11,1087,1088,1091,1092,786],{},[14,1089,1090],{},"The landing shows a dash where the FDP verdict should be."," The duty history\nbehind the verdicts could not be read; the band says \"Duty history could not\nbe read, so FDP legality shows a dash instead of a verdict.\" Press ",[14,1093,181],{},[11,1095,1096,1099,1100,786],{},[14,1097,1098],{},"Mark as reviewed is off."," The trust line reads Aging or Gaps. The card\nsays \"Resolve the gaps and refresh, then you can mark it reviewed.\" - fix the\nmissing or stale stations and press ",[14,1101,386],{},[11,1103,1104,1107],{},[14,1105,1106],{},"The pack has no map page."," The Ops Map capture lives in memory and a reload\nclears it, and a capture embeds only in the folder whose leg was selected when\nit was taken. Capture again and export from that folder.",[11,1109,1110,1113,1114,1116],{},[14,1111,1112],{},"NOTAMS reads \"Unavailable - source down\"."," The NOTAM source did not answer.\nThe folder does not guess; \"No NOTAMs returned\" or an unavailable source is\nnever an all-clear. Press ",[14,1115,741],{}," later and verify officially.",[44,1118,1120],{"id":1119},"where-next","Where next",[1122,1123,1124,1131,1137,1142],"ul",{},[207,1125,1126,1130],{},[23,1127,1129],{"href":1128},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fweather","Weather"," - the workbench behind the Route weather\nzone, and the flight-route group an active folder creates.",[207,1132,1133,1136],{},[23,1134,493],{"href":1135},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fnotams"," - the full NOTAM board the folder's rows link\nto.",[207,1138,1139,1141],{},[23,1140,755],{"href":754}," - the live chart the route map hands off to,\nand where the pack's map snapshot is captured.",[207,1143,1144,1147],{},[23,1145,1146],{"href":923},"Watch"," - the rule editor Watch this flight opens.",{"title":1149,"searchDepth":1150,"depth":1150,"links":1151},"",2,[1152,1153,1154,1155,1156,1157,1158,1159,1160,1161,1162,1163,1164,1165,1166,1167,1168],{"id":46,"depth":1150,"text":47},{"id":201,"depth":1150,"text":202},{"id":320,"depth":1150,"text":321},{"id":345,"depth":1150,"text":346},{"id":578,"depth":1150,"text":579},{"id":695,"depth":1150,"text":696},{"id":759,"depth":1150,"text":760},{"id":792,"depth":1150,"text":793},{"id":808,"depth":1150,"text":809},{"id":842,"depth":1150,"text":843},{"id":878,"depth":1150,"text":879},{"id":909,"depth":1150,"text":910},{"id":940,"depth":1150,"text":941},{"id":1036,"depth":1150,"text":1037},{"id":1063,"depth":1150,"text":1064},{"id":1078,"depth":1150,"text":1079},{"id":1119,"depth":1150,"text":1120},"2026-09-14",null,"How to plan a flight folder from a city pair or a pasted route, read the brief as a record, seal snapshots, export the pack and watch the flight.",false,"md",{"name":1175,"steps":1176},"Plan a briefing on Pilot EFB Desk",[1177,1178,1179,1180,1181],"Open Flight Brief from the sidebar and type the departure and destination ICAO codes into the FROM and TO wells of the Plan a new briefing card.","Press Build briefing to open the setup wizard with the city pair filled in.","On the Set up the day pane, add onward legs or a filed route, set the reporting airport and the reporting time - Now (Z) stamps the current UTC minute.","Work through the leg and day panes in the rail, or skip them - only Set up the day is mandatory.","Press Finish & view briefing to land in the folder and read the brief.",[1183,1184,1185,1186],"Plan a briefing from a city pair on the landing, or paste a filed airway route in the setup wizard, and the folder pulls route weather, NOTAMs and the FDP around your day.","Read the folder as a record - the route head, the cells that say what is set and what is still an estimate, the trust line and the Sharpen your brief checklist.","Save brief to flight freezes weather and NOTAMs into hash-verified snapshots, and Share brief (PDF) exports the pack with an Ops Map snapshot you captured for the leg.","The crew bag keeps photos and documents on the folder, and Watch this flight opens the Watch Desk with a route rule prefilled for it.",{},true,110,"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Fflight-brief","Plan and fly",{"title":5,"description":1171},"guide\u002Fdesk\u002Fflight-brief","JQwg7HUSFldreigjYG9JhAzJMapfgYjB7bZrYOF8E1w",{"prev":1196,"next":1201,"position":1209,"total":1210},{"path":754,"title":755,"description":1197,"section":1191,"order":1198,"appVersion":6,"draft":1172,"minutes":1199,"number":1200},"How to paste a route on the Desk Ops Map, stack weather, NOTAM and traffic layers, scrub the time cursor, and share the view - step by step.",100,13,"10",{"path":1202,"title":1203,"description":1204,"section":1205,"order":1206,"appVersion":6,"draft":1172,"minutes":1207,"number":1208},"\u002Fguide\u002Fdesk\u002Ftools-and-checklists","Tools and Checklists","How to find a tool on the Desk, pin your own, run a descent calculation, keep timers and clocks, and tick a checklist where you read it.","Toolkit",120,8,"12",11,19,1789377624319]