Manage Flight Logs—Basic Data and Requirements Exercises
Required Data
Owner Organization
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to show you how
to set up the required data for the
Operator Information per Owner Organization exercise below.
Windows:
Owners
- Open the Owners window and create a new record
(F5).
- In the Owner ID field, enter FA.
- In the Name
field, enter FANTASY AIRLINES.
- Enter an association number, default
language and country if needed and then save the information (F12). To
view/enter additional information for the owner organization, right-click on
the record and click Details.
Main Exercise
Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to learn about the
basic data used when defining a flight log.
Windows:
Flight Log Basic Data
Purpose: When entering information about a vehicle on a
flight log, it can be that the vehicle has arrived at a different location than
planned or is delayed and arrives later than planned. The purpose of this
exercise is to learn how to register the deviation and delay reasons that can
be used to identify such operational disruptions.
Windows:
Flight Log Basic Data
- Open the Flight Log Basic Data window and click the
Deviation and Delay Reasons tab.
- Create a new record (F5).
- In the Reason Code field, enter EMERGENCY.
- In the Reason Description field, enter Emergency Landings as a
description of the deviation code.
- Save the information (F12).
- Create a new record (F5) once again and enter the delay reason TRAFFIC.
- In the Reason Description field, enter Air Traffic as a
description of the delay reason.
- Save the information (F12).
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to
register operational cancellation causes. These causes will be used if a flight
in the flight log is cancelled.
Windows:
Flight Log Basic Data
- Open the Flight Log Basic Data window and click the
Operational Cancellation Cause tab.
- Create a new record (F5).
-
In the Operational Cancellation Cause field, enter WEATHER.
- In the
Operational Cancellation Cause Description field, enter Weather
Conditions as a description of the cancellation cause.
- Save the
information (F12).
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to
register pre- and post-flight activities. Pre- and post-flight activities are
activities reported to be performed prior to or after a flight. These activities
can be reported against a specific flight or for a flight log in general.
Windows:
Flight Log Basic Data
- Open the Flight Log Basic Data window and click the Flight
Servicing Type tab.
- Create a new record (F5).
- In the Flight
Servicing Type field, enter DE-ICING.
- In the Flight Servicing Type Description field, enter De-icing of
Aircraft as a description of the flight servicing activity.
- Save the information (F12).
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to
register an operator designator per owner organization. Operator designators are
codes used to identify an airline for commercial purposes including
reservations, timetables, tariffs, air waybills and in airline interline
telecommunications. The operator designator defined in this exercise will be
used when auto-generating operational plan IDs (flight numbers) for the valid
flight logs. In addition, through this exercise, you will learn how to indicate
the number of days voided and closed flight logs for an owner organization are
to remain in the Flight Log window before being moved to history.
Prerequisite: The owner organization FANTASY AIRLINES must
be defined in IFS/Enterprise.
Windows:
Flight Log Basic Data
- Open the Flight Log Basic Data window and click the
Operator Information tab.
- Create a new record (F5).
- In the
Owner Organization field, use the List of Values to select the owner
organization FA (FANTASY AIRLINES).
- In the Operator Designator field,
enter the operator designator FA for the selected owner organization.
- In
the Hist. Flight Logs After No Of Days field, keep the default value.
The value zero (0) indicates that voided and closed flight logs for the
owner organization should be moved as soon as the background job is
executed.
- Save the information (F12).
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to
register crew training levels. When entering crew information on a flight log,
you can define the training level of the persons working on a flight.
Windows:
Flight Log Basic Data
- Open the Flight Log Basic Data window and click the Crew
Training Level tab.
- Create a new record (F5).
- In the
Training Level field, enter PILOT.
- In the Training Level Description field, enter Basic Pilot
Training as a description of the training level.
- Save the information (F12).
- Create a new record (F5) once again and enter the training level
ATTENDANT.
- In the Training Level Description field, enter Basic Flight
Attendant Training as a description of the training level.
- Save the information (F12).
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to
register time types that are valid for the crew. Crew time types are used when
entering crew information on a flight log. These time types can be used to
indicate how the crew time for each crew member has been split between different
types of time during a flight.
Windows:
Flight Log Basic Data
- Open the Flight Log Basic Data window and click the Crew
Time Type tab.
- Create a new record (F5).
- In the Crew Time
Type field, enter INSTRUMENT.
- In the Crew Time Type Description field, enter Instrument Flying
as a description of the time type.
- In the Default Time Unit field, enter the time unit that is to be
used as the default time unit when a new record is created for crew time on
a flight. Use the List of Values to select h for Hour in this field.
- Save the information (F12).
- Create a new record (F5) once again and enter the time type MANUAL.
- In the Crew Time Type Description field, enter Manual Flying as a
description of the crew time type.
- Save the information (F12).
Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to
register different types of operational tasks. Operational tasks are used when
entering crew information on a flight log as a means of indicating which tasks
each crew member has performed during a flight.
Windows:
Flight Log Basic Data
- Open the Flight Log Basic Data window and click the
Operational Task Type tab.
- Create a new record (F5).
- In the
Operational Task Type field, enter 01.
- In the Operational Task Type Description field, enter Unspecified
Flying as a description of the operational task type.
- In the Default Time Unit field, enter the time unit that is to be
used as the default time unit when a new record is created for an
operational task on a flight. Use the List of Values to select h for Hour in
this field.
- Save the information (F12).
- Create a new record (F5) once again and enter the operational task type
52.
- In the Operational Task Type Description field, enter Safety
Instructions as a description of the operational task type.
- Save the information (F12).