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dESPair Online Systems (Hosted by Lago Espirito IT Center) |
| About Flight states Whenever you file a flight, you specify the state of this flight as one of the three options: scheduled, open or closed. So, what does that mean? Scheduled: this flight is scheduled for later -> blue dot in the logbook listing Open : the flight is currently going on -> red dot Closed : the flight has ended -> green dot Schedule a flight Whenever you assign yourself to a scheduled flight from the Scheduler section, the system will automagically create a flight in the logbook with a state = scheduled -> and shows a blue dot in the listing. Closing a flight Scheduled flights usually only feature a part of the required log data, because no one knows if the flight really reaches its destination, nor at what time, etc. That's the data you only know after the flight... Once the flight has been performed, you go to the logbook, pick the flight (click it's Flight number), and chose -> EDIT from the menu bar. Then you supply the missing values, and change the state for the flight to "Closed". Open a flight If we fly coordinated missions, then, the Open state becomes useful. "Coordinated" means: flying in dependant sequences. E.g. flight 1 brings a bunch of PAX to point X, where flight 2 and 3 pick them up. PIC for flight 2 and 3 will watch the logbook and see how the flight 1 changes from "scheduled" to "open" - showing that the flight is now going on. Once flight 1 has landed, he changes the flight state to "Close" - the green light shows up in the log, and flight 2 and 3 now know the passengers have arrived... changing a flight state is currently done by selecting the flight from the log list, click Edit, change the state radio button and save/update the flight. |
