STAY
The intention of the STAY function is to allow for an aircraft to remain in one location for a certain period.
There is no orbit or other flight paths associated with the STAY, the function merely assumes the aircraft becomes stationary, either at a Waypoint or between 2 Waypoints.
The time for the STAY and location can be defined in the Route Guide under Edit Route within the field shown below. STAY can also be defined from within Fast Routing.
– More than one STAY can be added using the same formatting
If no STAYS are defined this will be displayed in the Stay Information accessed through the Fuel Guide item.
STAY at a waypoint
To add a STAY at a Waypoint Edit the ATC string with the text STAY1/HHMM where HH is number of hours and MM is number of minutes, e.g. for 1 hour 25 mins a stay would appear as STAY1/0125. The Waypoint must be written on either side of the STAY, as shown below for Waypoint POVEL where the 30 min STAY should occur.
STAY between 2 waypoints
To add a STAY between 2 Waypoints Edit the ATC string with the text STAY1/HHMM where HH is number of hours and MM is number of minutes, e.g. for 0 hours 45 mins a stay would appear as STAY1/0045. This text must be written between the 2 Waypoints, any DCT or Airway numbering should be replaced by the STAY Text. In the example below there was previously a DCT between Waypoints LUKIM and GEN, but as can be seen the STAY text has now replaced the DCT.
Fuel Guide Stay Information
Once a STAY has been added to the ATC Route String then the Stay Information area will be shown within the Fuel Guide item, as displayed below.
The Waypoints associated with the STAY are listed and the time that was entered into the ATC String is populated into the Time field e.g. 30mins shown below.
The user has to enter the total fuel used during the STAY in the fuel field, this is a manual function and that amount is used in the overall fuel calculation. If the user wishes to have STAY Information included within the Field 18 of the ATC Flight Plan then they should make an entry into the Information field.
In the example below 500lbs of fuel has been added manually by the user and also some text that will be displayed in the Field 18 of the Flight Plan.
Multiple STAYs
Multiple stays are supported and can be configured as single STAYs. Once it’s added the values can be manipulated in the Fuel Guide item where a section will be opened for each individual STAY. The next stays should be labelled STAY2, STAY3 etc.
STAYS on Flightlog
After a STAY has been created in the ATC Route string the STAY will be added into the Flightlog as shown below. In this example the STAY1 has been added between LUKIM and GEN. The time of the STAY is shown as 30 mins and the fuel that was entered into the Fuel Guide Stay Information area has been used in the calculation for USED and MREQ within the STAY row.
The STAY is also shown within the Flightlog in the summary of the ATC Routing as shown below.
ATC Flight Plan
After a STAY has been created in the ATC Route string the STAY will be added into the ATC Flight Plan as part of the route, as shown below.
If text is entered into the Stay Information (shown below) then it is copied into Field 18 of the ATC Flight Plan.
