Iceland Tour Posted
3 years 11 months ago #16915
by jer029
John Rogers
Webmaster
Replied by jer029 on topic Iceland Tour Posted
Sorry to hear about your connection problems.
As for the flight numbering when there is an issue with missing airports - I forget sometimes that the basic explanation of SPAACARs and our new numbering restrictions are insufficient until pilots bring it to my attention as you have done. It's easy to understand that this would add frustration to how to file a pirep in unusual circumstance when it's not possible to fly the exact route listed in the flight schedule. This would likely also apply to other pilots flying real weather with an alternate airport configured in their plan.
In any event, the important thing to understand is what the site expects regarding the flight numbering. Once that criteria is met - the pirep will be accepted. Again, one of the following situations must be met:
1. Orig and Dest Code must match that listed in the official schedule for the flight number listed.
2. Your valid user-defined 5-digit flight number as long as there exists no official flight number with the same orig and dest code for the flight.
SPAACARs does not confirm actual plane location for orig and dest airports, so you could actually fly in circles - taking off and landing at the same airport and list a totally different orig and dest in the SPAACARS Orig and Dest fields and the flight would be accepted as long as conditions 1 or 2 listed above are met.
Also, SPAACARs allows changes to be made to the Orig/Dest fields before and during flight. In fact, you can manually add all necessary flight plan information to start SPAACARS recording your flight without using the Load Flight Plan button. Xplane has to do this anyway because their flight plans are not compatible with SPAACARs, but the recording of flight data is.
So - ideally, it's best to keep the listed flight number, orig and dest data from the flight schedule in the SPAACARs data fields and just land and take off from your alternate airport locations. Since the Orig/Dest match the scheduled flight number, the server will accept the pirep, and SPAACARs doesn't care whether you're actually at either of those airports. This will record your flight as the appropriate flight number for the tour you're flying (even if it required a deviation in orig/dest).
Happy flying,
John
As for the flight numbering when there is an issue with missing airports - I forget sometimes that the basic explanation of SPAACARs and our new numbering restrictions are insufficient until pilots bring it to my attention as you have done. It's easy to understand that this would add frustration to how to file a pirep in unusual circumstance when it's not possible to fly the exact route listed in the flight schedule. This would likely also apply to other pilots flying real weather with an alternate airport configured in their plan.
In any event, the important thing to understand is what the site expects regarding the flight numbering. Once that criteria is met - the pirep will be accepted. Again, one of the following situations must be met:
1. Orig and Dest Code must match that listed in the official schedule for the flight number listed.
2. Your valid user-defined 5-digit flight number as long as there exists no official flight number with the same orig and dest code for the flight.
SPAACARs does not confirm actual plane location for orig and dest airports, so you could actually fly in circles - taking off and landing at the same airport and list a totally different orig and dest in the SPAACARS Orig and Dest fields and the flight would be accepted as long as conditions 1 or 2 listed above are met.
Also, SPAACARs allows changes to be made to the Orig/Dest fields before and during flight. In fact, you can manually add all necessary flight plan information to start SPAACARS recording your flight without using the Load Flight Plan button. Xplane has to do this anyway because their flight plans are not compatible with SPAACARs, but the recording of flight data is.
So - ideally, it's best to keep the listed flight number, orig and dest data from the flight schedule in the SPAACARs data fields and just land and take off from your alternate airport locations. Since the Orig/Dest match the scheduled flight number, the server will accept the pirep, and SPAACARs doesn't care whether you're actually at either of those airports. This will record your flight as the appropriate flight number for the tour you're flying (even if it required a deviation in orig/dest).
Happy flying,
John
John Rogers
Webmaster
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