[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":333},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-\u002Fguide\u002Fquick-start\u002F":3,"guide-nav-\u002Fguide\u002Fquick-start\u002F":326},{"id":4,"title":5,"appVersion":6,"body":7,"date":300,"dateModified":301,"description":302,"draft":303,"extension":304,"faqs":301,"howTo":305,"keyTakeaways":313,"meta":318,"metaDescription":301,"navigation":319,"order":320,"path":321,"section":322,"seo":323,"stem":324,"__hash__":325},"guide\u002Fguide\u002Fquick-start.md","Quick start","1.0.0",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":289},"minimark",[10,14,30,35,50,54,57,75,84,91,95,98,113,118,125,129,132,146,151,166,176,180,185,188,224,227,231,238,265,269],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Pilot EFB is a personal, informational flight companion for iPhone and iPad. It\nkeeps the things you reach for around a duty day - weather, NOTAMs, flight time\nlimits, your logbook, briefings and a set of flight-deck utilities - in one\noffline-first app. This chapter takes you from installing the app to a working\nHome dashboard.",[15,16,19],"callout",{"title":17,"type":18},"Before you rely on it","warning",[11,20,21,22,29],{},"Pilot EFB is not a certified Electronic Flight Bag and never replaces your\ncompany OPS, official MET sources or ",[23,24,28],"a",{"href":25,"className":26},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-notam",[27],"glossary-link","NOTAM"," authorities. Everything it shows is\nfor reference and personal planning; verify against official sources before any\noperational decision.",[31,32,34],"h2",{"id":33},"install-the-app","Install the app",[11,36,37,38,44,45,49],{},"Pilot EFB is a free download on the\n",[23,39,43],{"href":40,"rel":41},"https:\u002F\u002Fapps.apple.com\u002Fgb\u002Fapp\u002Fpilot-efb\u002Fid6788846145",[42],"nofollow","App Store"," for iPhone\nand iPad (iOS or iPadOS 16.4 or later). The free tier is a working app, not a\ndemo - the optional Pro subscription unlocks the full duty, logbook and\nbriefing toolkit, and the ",[23,46,48],{"href":47},"\u002Fguide\u002Ffree-vs-pro","Free vs Pro"," chapter maps\nexactly where the line runs.",[31,51,53],{"id":52},"first-launch-the-disclaimer","First launch: the disclaimer",[11,55,56],{},"The first screen you see is the safety disclaimer. It states plainly what the\napp is - an informational and organisational tool - and what it is not.\nReading it is worth the minute it takes, because it frames every number the\napp will ever show you.",[58,59,60,64,67],"ol",{},[61,62,63],"li",{},"Read the disclaimer text.",[61,65,66],{},"Tick the acceptance box underneath it.",[61,68,69,70,74],{},"Choose ",[71,72,73],"strong",{},"Accept & continue"," (it stays disabled until the box is ticked).",[76,77],"guide-shot",{"alt":78,"caption":79,"height":80,"src":81,"variant":82,"width":83},"The first-launch disclaimer screen: the Pilot EFB wordmark, the full disclaimer text stating the app is not a certified Electronic Flight Bag, an acceptance checkbox, and a disabled Accept and continue button","First launch: the disclaimer comes before anything else, and acceptance is recorded once.",2622,"\u002Fguide-images\u002Fquick-start\u002Fdisclaimer","iphone",1206,[11,85,86,87,90],{},"Acceptance is recorded once, with a timestamp, and does not reappear unless\nthe terms materially change. The full text stays available afterwards in\n",[71,88,89],{},"Settings > About",".",[31,92,94],{"id":93},"guest-or-account","Guest or account?",[11,96,97],{},"Next comes the welcome screen, and a genuine choice:",[99,100,101,107],"ul",{},[61,102,103,106],{},[71,104,105],{},"Get started"," continues as a guest. Everything lives on your device; no\naccount, no sign-up. This is the fastest path, and you can add an account\nany time later.",[61,108,109,112],{},[71,110,111],{},"Sign in"," connects an existing account, with cloud backup and your data on\nevery device you sign into.",[76,114],{"alt":115,"caption":116,"height":80,"src":117,"variant":82,"width":83},"The welcome screen: the Pilot EFB app icon, a Today at a glance card marked sample data, and two buttons - Get started and Sign in - with a note that no account is needed","Guest-first: no account is needed, and the note under the buttons says exactly what an account adds.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fquick-start\u002Fwelcome",[11,119,120,121,124],{},"Nothing about the app's features changes with this choice - an account adds\nbackup and sync, not capability. If you finish setup as a guest, the app\noffers account creation once at the end (and you can decline with ",[71,122,123],{},"Not now,\nopen Pilot EFB",").",[31,126,128],{"id":127},"the-setup-interview","The setup interview",[11,130,131],{},"A short series of screens - the exact count depends on your role - tailors\nthe app to your flying. Only the first is required:",[58,133,134,140],{},[61,135,136,139],{},[71,137,138],{},"Your role."," Airline, commercial, general aviation or student. This\nshapes which modules lead on your Home screen and which questions follow.",[61,141,142,145],{},[71,143,144],{},"The rest - all optional."," Home base and what to call you, then\n(depending on role) your operator and aircraft, flying profile, licences\nand credentials, hours carried forward from a paper logbook, duty rules,\nand which alerts and reminders to turn on.",[76,147],{"alt":148,"caption":149,"height":80,"src":150,"variant":82,"width":83},"Setup step 2 of 7, Set your home base: a home base airport search field with the hint that one airport lights up the Home dashboard with its weather, a what should we call you field, Continue and Skip for now buttons","Every step after your role offers Skip for now - and a Finish later link completes setup immediately.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fquick-start\u002Fprofile",[11,152,153,154,157,158,161,162,165],{},"Every optional step offers ",[71,155,156],{},"Skip for now",", and the ",[71,159,160],{},"Finish later"," link in\nthe corner completes setup immediately. Skipped items are never lost - they\nresurface as a ",[71,163,164],{},"Make it yours"," checklist on Home, so you can finish them\nwhen the numbers are to hand (carried-forward hours are much easier with your\nold logbook open).",[11,167,168,169,172,173,90],{},"The final ",[71,170,171],{},"You're ready"," screen offers a short guided tour of the main\ntabs - take it, or open the app and replay the tour later from ",[71,174,175],{},"Settings >\nHelp",[31,177,179],{"id":178},"get-your-bearings","Get your bearings",[76,181],{"alt":182,"caption":183,"height":80,"src":184,"variant":82,"width":83},"The Home dashboard on first run: a greeting, Legal, Weather and Alerts status chips, a No active flight card with a Plan a flight button, Legal and current, Recent hours and Quick tools cards, and a Make it yours checklist showing 0 of 11 done","Home on day one: honest empty states, quick tools, and the Make it yours checklist for whatever you skipped.","\u002Fguide-images\u002Fquick-start\u002Fhome-first-run",[11,186,187],{},"The app is organised around five tabs:",[99,189,190,196,202,212,218],{},[61,191,192,195],{},[71,193,194],{},"Home"," - your dashboard: what is live now (an active flight or duty),\nweather at your home base, currency at a glance, and quick tools.",[61,197,198,201],{},[71,199,200],{},"Flight Brief"," - build a briefing around a flight: weather, NOTAMs and\nroute information in one place.",[61,203,204,207,208,90],{},[71,205,206],{},"Duty"," - the flight time limitations module: duty log, live limits,\ncalendar and planning. Covered in depth in ",[23,209,211],{"href":210},"\u002Fguide\u002Fduty-and-ftl","Duty & FTL",[61,213,214,217],{},[71,215,216],{},"Log"," - your electronic logbook, hours and currency.",[61,219,220,223],{},[71,221,222],{},"Tools"," - everything else: airports, converters, checklists, descent\nplanning, reference material and more.",[11,225,226],{},"Everything not on a tab - airport detail pages, weather stations, the NOTAM\nworkbench, settings - opens from inside these five.",[31,228,230],{"id":229},"two-settings-worth-doing-now","Two settings worth doing now",[11,232,233,234,237],{},"Both live in ",[71,235,236],{},"Settings"," (the gear from Home):",[99,239,240,249],{},[61,241,242,245,246,90],{},[71,243,244],{},"Home base."," Your default airport drives the Home weather card and a lot\nof sensible defaults - set it during the interview or later under\n",[71,247,248],{},"Settings > Home base",[61,250,251,254,255,260,261,264],{},[71,252,253],{},"Duty rules."," If you fly under ",[23,256,259],{"href":257,"className":258},"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary#gt-ftl",[27],"FTL"," rules, pick your regime (EASA ORO.FTL\nor FAA Part 117) under ",[71,262,263],{},"Settings > FTL regime"," - the Duty tab also offers\nthis the first time you open it.",[31,266,268],{"id":267},"where-next","Where next",[99,270,271,276,281],{},[61,272,273,275],{},[23,274,211],{"href":210}," - log duties and read your limits.",[61,277,278,280],{},[23,279,48],{"href":47}," - what the subscription does and does not\ngate.",[61,282,283,284,288],{},"The chapter list on the ",[23,285,287],{"href":286},"\u002Fguide","guide index"," covers every module as\nchapters are published.",{"title":290,"searchDepth":291,"depth":291,"links":292},"",2,[293,294,295,296,297,298,299],{"id":33,"depth":291,"text":34},{"id":52,"depth":291,"text":53},{"id":93,"depth":291,"text":94},{"id":127,"depth":291,"text":128},{"id":178,"depth":291,"text":179},{"id":229,"depth":291,"text":230},{"id":267,"depth":291,"text":268},"2026-08-24",null,"Install Pilot EFB, get through first launch, and shape the app around how you fly, in about ten minutes.",false,"md",{"name":306,"steps":307},"Set up Pilot EFB for the first time",[308,309,310,311,312],"Install Pilot EFB from the App Store on your iPhone or iPad.","Open the app, read the disclaimer, tick the acceptance box and choose Accept and continue.","Choose Get started to continue as a guest, or Sign in to use an existing account.","Pick the role that matches your flying, then answer or skip the remaining setup steps.","Choose Open Pilot EFB on the ready screen to land on your Home dashboard.",[314,315,316,317],"Pilot EFB is free to install from the App Store and works without an account.","First launch asks you to read and accept the safety disclaimer - once, before anything else.","A short setup interview tailors the app to your flying; only your role is required, and skipped steps resurface on Home.","Five tabs carry the app - Home, Flight Brief, Duty, Log and Tools - and everything else opens from inside them.",{},true,10,"\u002Fguide\u002Fquick-start","Start here",{"title":5,"description":302},"guide\u002Fquick-start","xFymRgX85Wx0ath_Y4crkVzG8jLTTpmue5_RYwDkXZw",{"prev":301,"next":327,"position":331,"total":332},{"path":47,"title":48,"description":328,"section":322,"order":329,"appVersion":6,"draft":303,"minutes":291,"number":330},"What the free app includes, what the Pro subscription unlocks, and where the line runs - stated plainly.",20,"02",1,17,1787929982573]