[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":383},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-\u002Fguide\u002Fflights\u002F":3,"guide-nav-\u002Fguide\u002Fflights\u002F":368},{"id":4,"title":5,"appVersion":6,"body":7,"date":343,"dateModified":344,"description":345,"draft":346,"extension":347,"faqs":344,"howTo":348,"keyTakeaways":355,"meta":360,"metaDescription":344,"navigation":361,"order":362,"path":363,"section":364,"seo":365,"stem":366,"__hash__":367},"guide\u002Fguide\u002Fflights.md","Flights","1.0.0",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":331},"minimark",[10,23,28,51,60,63,80,85,104,109,135,139,165,172,177,181,201,206,210,225,230,245,250,254,267,272,276,292,296],[11,12,13,14,18,19,22],"p",{},"There is no Flights tab in Pilot EFB - and like the missing map tab, that\nis deliberate. A flight here is a ",[15,16,17],"strong",{},"folder for the day",": your route and\ntimes, the weather and NOTAMs briefed around them, your notes and\nsnapshots, all in one place. Folders are planned, flown and filed from\nthe ",[15,20,21],{},"Brief tab",", because the folder and its briefing are the same\nthing seen from two ends. This chapter is about the folder itself - its\nlife from plan to sealed record. What fills it (the Overview, Weather\nand NOTAMs panes, the route chart) has chapters of its own.",[24,25,27],"h2",{"id":26},"where-your-flights-live","Where your flights live",[11,29,30,31,34,35,38,39,42,43,46,47,50],{},"Open the Brief tab and the ",[15,32,33],{},"Flight Brief launcher"," is your flight\nlist. At the top sits the day's decision: a plain ",[15,36,37],{},"Plan a flight","\nbutton - or, when the app can see your next duty in the roster or duty\nlog, a suggestion card that briefs it in one tap. Below that, your\nfolders in three honest groups: ",[15,40,41],{},"Upcoming"," (with a Draft badge on any\nday you left half-planned), ",[15,44,45],{},"Completed flights",", and an ",[15,48,49],{},"Archived","\nsection that stays collapsed until you ask. A search field finds any\nfolder by route, note or date.",[52,53],"guide-shot",{"alt":54,"caption":55,"height":56,"src":57,"variant":58,"width":59},"The Flight Brief launcher in the Brief tab: the Flight Brief and Stations mode toggle, a suggestion card reading From your duty log, EGLL to EGLL, 2 legs, Today, report 10:45Z with a Brief it button, a Plan a flight button beneath it and a Thunderstorm season seasonal reminder card","The launcher at rest: the day's next duty offered at the top, Plan a flight one tap below.",2622,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Fflights\u002Flauncher","iphone",1206,[24,61,37],{"id":62},"plan-a-flight",[11,64,65,67,68,71,72,75,76,79],{},[15,66,37],{}," opens a two-step wizard. Step one, ",[15,69,70],{},"Set up the day",",\nasks only for what anchors everything else: your ",[15,73,74],{},"route"," (add onward\nlegs for a multi-sector day) and your ",[15,77,78],{},"report time"," - the wizard notes\nit is what anchors the duty day. If you fly to a simpler profile, the\nsame step asks for a planned departure time instead.",[52,81],{"alt":82,"caption":83,"height":56,"src":84,"variant":58,"width":59},"Step one of the Plan a flight wizard, Set up the day: a From template button, the Route card with quick-add chips for favourite airports, From EGLL to EGCC fields and an Add onward leg button, then the Report card with reporting airport EGLL, a reporting time marked Set, and the Continue button","Step one asks only for what anchors the day: the route and your report time.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fflights\u002Fwizard-day",[11,86,87,88,91,92,95,96,99,100,103],{},"Step two, ",[15,89,90],{},"Sharpen your brief",", is everything optional - and it says\nso up front: the flight is already saved as a draft, so you can leave\nanytime and pick it back up from your flights. Each leg gets a card for\nplanned times, cruise level, flight number, alternates and who flies it;\nbelow them sit the day-level groups - ",[15,93,94],{},"Aircraft & crew",", ",[15,97,98],{},"Duty\ntimes",", and ",[15,101,102],{},"Monitoring & notes"," for extra airports to brief\nalongside the route.",[52,105],{"alt":106,"caption":107,"height":56,"src":108,"variant":58,"width":59},"Step two of the Plan a flight wizard, Sharpen your brief: a strip explaining the flight is saved as a draft and everything below is optional, then the leg card for EGLL to EGCC marked Times set, with the line Estimated with 10 min taxi, 450 kt cruise, adjust any time, and planned off-block and takeoff times each labelled Estimated, tap to edit","Step two is optional - and one tap seeds the four leg times as honest, editable estimates.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fflights\u002Fwizard-sharpen",[11,110,111,114,115,120,121,125,126,130,131,134],{},[15,112,113],{},"View briefing"," lands you in the folder, where the briefing builds\naround your day - the ",[116,117,119],"a",{"href":118},"\u002Fguide\u002Fweather","Weather"," and\n",[116,122,124],{"href":123},"\u002Fguide\u002Fnotams","NOTAMs"," chapters cover those panes, and\n",[116,127,129],{"href":128},"\u002Fguide\u002Faviation-map","Aviation Map"," covers the route chart. If you fly\nthe same trips repeatedly, ",[15,132,133],{},"From template"," on step one pre-fills the\nroute from a template you saved off an earlier folder.",[24,136,138],{"id":137},"your-day-live","Your day, live",[11,140,141,142,145,146,149,150,156,157,160,161,164],{},"A planned folder does not wait to be told: at your report time it\n",[15,143,144],{},"starts itself"," and the day goes ",[15,147,148],{},"Active"," - pinned to the app header\nso it stays one tap away, its route airports joining the weather and\n",[116,151,155],{"href":152,"className":153},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-notam",[154],"glossary-link","NOTAM"," watch. The folder says plainly when it will start, and an\nauto-started day offers a one-tap ",[15,158,159],{},"Undo - back to draft"," if the plan\nchanged. You can also start a day yourself from the folder's menu\n(",[15,162,163],{},"Start now","), and only one flight can be active at a time.",[11,166,167,168,171],{},"Everything else about the folder lives under ",[15,169,170],{},"Folder actions"," (the\nthree-dot button on the folder page): edit the briefing, add an\noff-route station, share the brief as a PDF, save the route as a\ntemplate, archive, or delete.",[52,173],{"alt":174,"caption":175,"height":56,"src":176,"variant":58,"width":59},"The Folder actions sheet over an active flight folder, in three sections: This briefing with Edit briefing and Add another station, New flight with Plan another flight and Fly again, and Manage with Share brief PDF, Save as template, Archive and a red Delete folder row","One menu for the folder's whole life - editing, sharing, templates, archive, delete.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fflights\u002Ffolder-actions",[24,178,180],{"id":179},"complete-the-day","Complete the day",[11,182,183,184,187,188,191,192,196,197,200],{},"When the day is flown, ",[15,185,186],{},"Complete flight"," (at the foot of the folder's\nOverview) closes it out - and offers to do the paperwork. The\n",[15,189,190],{},"completion review"," proposes one logbook entry per sector you flew:\ntick the legs to log, set who flew them and the times you actually flew,\nand the entries land in your ",[116,193,195],{"href":194},"\u002Fguide\u002Flogbook","Logbook"," as normal,\neditable entries. Or ",[15,198,199],{},"Skip & just complete"," - the folder completes\nwithout logging anything. Either way the sheet says exactly what happens\nnext: the folder becomes read-only, and you can reopen it later.",[52,202],{"alt":203,"caption":204,"height":56,"src":205,"variant":58,"width":59},"The Complete flight review sheet: a card for Leg 1 EGLL to EGCC with its planned times and the note Planned departure hasn't passed, include only if you flew it, above a Complete without logging button, a Skip and just complete button, and the line The folder becomes read-only, you can reopen it later","Completion offers the paperwork - honestly: a leg whose departure has not passed starts unticked.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fflights\u002Fcomplete-review",[24,207,209],{"id":208},"a-sealed-record","A sealed record",[11,211,212,213,216,217,220,221,224],{},"A completed folder is a ",[15,214,215],{},"read-only record"," of the day. Its weather and\nNOTAM panes stop fetching and show only what was saved while the day was\nlive - and where nothing was saved, they say so instead of pretending:\n\"No saved NOTAMs for this completed flight... This does not confirm none\nexisted - verify with official NOTAM sources.\" The folder's foot swaps\nthe Complete button for two quiet chips: ",[15,218,219],{},"Reopen",", if you need to\nchange something, and ",[15,222,223],{},"Fly again",".",[52,226],{"alt":227,"caption":228,"height":56,"src":229,"variant":58,"width":59},"The foot of a completed flight folder: the Your records card explaining stored credentials are not an authoritative statement of legality, then a lifecycle card reading Completed with Reopen and Fly again buttons, above the lines Personal planning only and Personal review note, not a dispatch release or operational sign-off","Completed: the folder is a record now - Reopen and Fly again are the only levers left.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fflights\u002Fflight-completed",[11,231,232,233,236,237,240,241,244],{},"The record's foundation is the ",[15,234,235],{},"briefing snapshots",": the weather and\nNOTAMs you briefed, frozen at the moment they were saved and never\nrefreshed. You can freeze one yourself anytime while the day is live -\n",[15,238,239],{},"Save brief snapshot"," on the folder's add button - and each snapshot\ncarries a seal line with its frozen time, source and a SHA-256 hash the\napp verifies every time it is displayed. Open one (under ",[15,242,243],{},"Briefing\nsnapshots"," in the folder's More pane) and the viewer says what it is:\na historical record, no refresh.",[52,246],{"alt":247,"caption":248,"height":56,"src":249,"variant":58,"width":59},"A sealed winds aloft snapshot for EGLL in the viewer, subtitled Historical record, no refresh: a card naming the source WAFS, WAFC London via SADIS, the fetched and saved times, a green Verified badge and the line This is a historical record, data is from the time of saving, not current - above the frozen winds table by flight level","A snapshot is a historical record - source and times named, hash-verified, never refreshed.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fflights\u002Fsnapshot-viewer",[24,251,253],{"id":252},"fly-again-and-the-archive","Fly again and the archive",[11,255,256,257,259,260,262,263,266],{},"Back on the launcher, a flown day becomes a boarding-pass strip under\n",[15,258,45],{},", with the calendar a tap away for the month view.\nThe ",[15,261,223],{}," chip on any strip starts a fresh folder pre-filled\nwith that route - the fastest way to plan a day you fly often. When the\nlist grows, swipe a completed day to ",[15,264,265],{},"Archive"," it: archived folders\nkeep everything and stay searchable, just out of the way (deleting is\nthe swipe on unflown folders, with an undo).",[52,268],{"alt":269,"caption":270,"height":56,"src":271,"variant":58,"width":59},"The launcher after a flown day: tomorrow's duty suggested at the top, the Plan a flight button and flight search, then the Completed flights section with a calendar button and a boarding-pass strip reading EGLL to EGCC, 26 Aug 2026, 2 airports with a Fly again chip","A flown day on the launcher: the boarding-pass strip, the calendar - and Fly again, one tap.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fflights\u002Flauncher-flown",[24,273,275],{"id":274},"free-and-pro","Free and Pro",[11,277,278,279,282,283,286,287,291],{},"Flight folders are part of the free app: the free tier includes ",[15,280,281],{},"3\nflight folders"," (archived days do not count), and the app tells you\nwhere you stand before you hit the line. 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All of it is optional.","Tap View briefing. The folder is saved and the briefing builds itself around your day.",[356,357,358,359],"A flight in Pilot EFB is a folder for the day - route, times, weather and NOTAMs gathered in one place, planned and flown from the Brief tab.","Folders move from planned to active to completed - starting automatically at your report time, one active day at a time.","Completing a flight can propose logbook entries from your sectors, then seals the folder as a read-only record.","What you briefed is frozen into hash-sealed snapshots that are never silently refreshed - a record you can trust years later.",{},true,100,"\u002Fguide\u002Fflights","Plan and fly",{"title":5,"description":345},"guide\u002Fflights","7ewMHw90eYeE8HRLcqftj4aNvcoBy2OJmaA4abV1lQw",{"prev":369,"next":375,"position":381,"total":382},{"path":128,"title":129,"description":370,"section":371,"order":372,"appVersion":6,"draft":346,"minutes":373,"number":374},"One offline chart engine behind every map in the app - the route chart, its layers and airport peek, region packs, and a permanent Not for navigation badge.","Core modules",90,7,"09",{"path":376,"title":377,"description":378,"section":364,"order":379,"appVersion":6,"draft":346,"minutes":373,"number":380},"\u002Fguide\u002Fbrief","Brief","Inside the flight folder's briefing - verdict chips, an honest trust check, the FDP reading of your day, and weather and NOTAM panes per airport.",110,"11",10,17,1787929982777]