Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Not in my experience. Generally I have to let the CA know when it's ready so he can send himself the HTML. Either way, it's generally at or before the hour prior to domestic departures which is more than enough time to get it. There is a lot to be critical of the app but this isn't it.
It can't be sent an hour before departure. Even if the dispatcher has finished the flight plan, it won't release it to us until exactly an hour. My Flight Manager never has any of my flights. I have to manually enter the flight number every time. And it's always late. I can send myself the HTML flight plan on MiCrew, but then it takes about 10 minutes for that flight plan to show up in Flight Manager.