Trying to figure out who thought it would be a great idea to reduce the flight planning capabilities through January.

Just me, but wouldn't it have been a better idea to start a wee bit earlier and have an estimated completion date of Halloween'sh

 

Going out on a limb here, but wouldn't it be great to set up a few printers compatible with printing from the iPad BM seems to want us to use in lieu of the grid computers

 

You're talking about the same people who intentionally made it difficult to access the FPR on the new and improved PFC so that we'd spend more time in the Flight Panning Center part of the website. I'm going to assume they've intentionally made things a lot more difficult in the AOC for some reason we'll be informed of later. I'm not saying it will make any sense. But so far, that seems to be the point.

 

How about just officially putting out that not printing the flight plan is approved and encouraged?

There are a lot of people around here who just need a little nudge. It is not a big deal to open your flight plan in goodreader--and you can still put all of your little marks all over it.

Printing flight plans for any flight under two or three hours is really pretty unnecessary.

Pipe

 

Heretic! Burn him!

 

The same people who have been giving away the airplane prints that were hanging on the wall? You know, the prints that were paid for pilots when we first moved in at 3131 Democrat?






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Well, it makes for a good distraction from CBA Negotiations. Now that we have shiny new purple benches on the back porch, I think we can make it thru peak. If they install power ports on the benches, we might make it to Valentine's Day.






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Easy now. One of those benches is my new crashpad.

 

Officially approved? True. Encouraged? Maybe that's a stretch. And flight time is not the only factor -- it has to be domestic, too.

I like having the Flight Plan Release on the iPad, but the most I usually do with it is Copy the flight plan string so I can paste it into Jepp FD-Pro.

I like using the iPad as the EFB. Switching back and forth between that and an eDocument reader isn't as smooth as it ought to be. It often hangs up going back to FD-Pro. So, when I've got the EFB running and strapped in on the authorized mount and the other pilot wants to take a look at something on the Release, I'd just as soon not have to unstrap, disconnect the power chord, switch apps, and pass my iPad across the cockpit. It's so much easier to pick up the paper.

Oddly, I don't know why the 4-hour limit exists. I transfer just about as much information from the Release to the FMS when I'm flying from MEM to DFW as I did when I flew from MEM-HNL.

For those reasons, I'll continue to print the release, even if it means I have to wait in line to get a computer. I'm not coming to work early to do it -- I'm simply counting on The Company providing the resources required to do that in a timely manner. I don't feel obligated to go out of my way or go to extra lengths, much less bend over backwards or go to extraordinary lengths to compensate for their incompetence, solve their problems, or fix the mess they've created. Both pilots are required to review FCIFs, and I prefer a paper copy of the release.

One staple, upper left-hand corner, please.

I can always sit on one of the new benches while I wait for a computer.






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Look at his nose, he's a witch..burn the witch

Not printing the flight plan is an option, domestically, 4 hours or less. Retain every note/amendment.....somehow,

Or, I could just write all the notes on the release. Way easier than typing a note on my iPad

But, if I wind up at a ramp that's lost all power or internet connectivity, still good to go with an iPad version. Won't be my first choice though