Recalculate / refresh
What is recalculate and refresh?
This feature will take the uploaded flight log on CrewBriefing and refresh it with the latest predicted winds available on the CrewBriefing server. This refresh is done by the flight crew and very simply during the flight package preparation.
This add-on requires activation from the company by sending a Order Form to us.
During the recalculation, you can see a green progress bar going from left to right several times indicating the calculation progress. When the calculation is complete you get the option to return to the recalculated flight. In the lower right corner is a dropdown box where you can see the various stages of the recalculation.
Main View
Back in the Main View you now have an extra flight with the same details. A -R has been added to the routing to indicate that the flight has been refreshed. In the upload time you can easily see exactly when the refresh was made.
NOTE! It is NOT possible to refresh an already refreshed/recalculated route. But you can always perform a new refresh on the original route.
Recalculation will be based on the date stored on AIR SUPPORT server and not on the actual uploaded data in case you upload with locally changed data.
The following limitations Apply to the recalculate function:
- Not possible to recalculate EROPS/ETOPS flight plan.
- Not possible to recalculate a flight plan with different mass and balance profile than the aircraft default.
- Not possible to recalculate Y and Z flight plans.
- Not possible to recalculate a flight with variable MACH numbers.
- Not possible to recalculate RCF flight plans.
- Not possible to recalculate ERA flight plans.
- Next leg info will be removed from the OFP when making a refresh.
- If aircraft configured with standard luggage, then a decrease/increase of passengers will NOT take standard luggage into consideration. You must update the Luggage/Cargo field manually.
- If flight uploaded with male/female/children/infant, the program will add/subtract with standard adults.
How to Recalculate
This feature will take the uploaded flight and give you options to change key data for the flight and create a new log. When first entering the flight, the uploaded details are displayed. You can change one or more items as you wish. This will in turn take the uploaded log and recalculate it with the entered values and latest forecasted winds available.
Re-calculation options
| Parameter | Description | Remark |
| Aircraft | Aircraft ICAO identifier & tail number | Cannot be changed. |
| Configurations | The aircraft configuration | Up to 6 different configs can be chosen if installed in the aircraft. |
| Pax | Number of passengers | Limitation shown as Min / Max. |
| Luggage/cargo | Weight of luggage/Cargo | Limitation shown as Min / Max. |
| Cruise | Cruise profile | Up to 6 different profiles can be chosen if installed in the aircraft. |
| Policy | Selected fuel policy | Cannot be changed. |
| Fuel | Fuel uploaded | Limitation shown as Min / Max. It’s possible to choose between two different fuel policies. Min Fuel or Max Fuel. It’s possible to enter a fixed fuel figure |
| Flight Level | The planned flight level. | It’s not recommendable to change the flight level unless you are 100% sure that all airway restrictions are being followed. |
| STD | Scheduled time of departure | Format MMddHHmm. |
| Alternate1 | 1st Alternate Airport. | It’s possible to manually enter the ICAO or IATA code of an airport. By clicking on the button to the right of the text box, a list of the 20 closest airports which comply with minimum RWY length set in PPS will be displayed. |
| Alternate2 | 2nd Alternate Airport. | It’s possible to manually enter the ICAO or IATA code of an airport. By clicking on the button to the right of the text box, a list of the 20 closest airports which comply with minimum RWY length set in PPS will be displayed. |
| Crew | Change crew members | When new crewmember has been chosen, click on the Replace key. |
When all necessary changes have been made, click on Calculate button. The following screen will appear, indicating that the calculation is in progress.
When calculation is complete, you will get the option to go directly to the recalculated flight. In the lower right corner, a dropdown box appears where you can see the various stages of the recalculation.
Back in the Main View you now have an extra flight with the same details as the previous. A -R has been added to the routing to indicate that the flight has been recalculated. In the upload time you can easily see exactly when the refresh was made.
NOTE! It is NOT possible to recalculate an already refreshed/recalculated route. But you can always perform a new recalculation on the original route.
Important
Recalculation will be based on the date stored on AIR SUPPORT server and not on the actual uploaded data in case you upload with locally changed data.
The following limitations Apply to the recalculate function:
- Not possible to recalculate EROPS/ETOPS flight plan.
- Not possible to recalculate a flight plan with different mass and balance profile than the aircraft default.
- Not possible to recalculate Y and Z flight plans.
- Not possible to recalculate a flight with variable MACH numbers.
- Not possible to recalculate RCF flight plans.
- Not possible to recalculate ERA flight plans.
- Next leg info will be removed from the OFP when making a refresh.
- If aircraft configured with standard luggage, then a decrease/increase of passengers will NOT take standard luggage into consideration. You must update the Luggage/Cargo field manually.
- If flight uploaded with male/female/children/infant, the program will add/subtract with standard adults.
Order Refresh / recalculate function
You can order Refresh / Recalculation option by sending us this Order form