can use to switch between the local time and UTC. Leon will change the hour you have entered in STD or STA automatically. This is very useful because your clients usually use the local time rather then UTC.
Another useful feature is the departure and destination airport handling. You can have the client requesting a particular handling to be used, so you can select it there, or if you don't care about it at this point you can just leave it blank.
An Offer No. field allows you to assign flight to a particular client very quickly.
Fields for PAX list and Catering/PAX Transport/Notes are also available. You can decide if the crew is going to be sent to a hotel after performing this leg.
After filling out all required fields, click 'Add leg' to enter the next leg or submit all operation.
When you add more legs, you can edit all the details about the previous legs, after clicking on a selected leg from the list.
You can choose between UTC and Local Time by clicking a link close to the STD or STA. This is available as soon as you choose the airport for departure or destination.
2.2 Preparing flight
After the flight has been added, OPS department can start working on the upcoming legs to prepare them for dispatch. Leon can send email notification to interested parties in order to ensure that every person involved in the flight preparation process knows about this new operation. Notifications can be customized - this feature is described later in this manual.
Leon can be customized to facilitate the preparation of the operation. Here, the most typical usage is discussed.
2.2.1 Basic flight info
After new operation has been added, you can see it on the flights list view as well as on planned flights view. In order to get details about flight preparation, click on the dot. You will
see a view similar to the example on
Illustration 7.
If you click the dot adjacent to the first leg of the operation, you will be able edit this sector in leg status edit page. If you want to edit other sector of the operation, you can switch between the sectors directly on the legs status edit page without going back to the flights view. This is very useful if you want to change a lot of data at once. In such case you can check '
Save data after leg change
' to be sure that all data has been stored automatically when you change the edited leg (if you don't mark this check box, Leon will require to click '
Update leg
' button at the bottom of the page).
2.2.2 Checklist
There are several sections you can edit and follow your leg preparation status grouped on
Checklist tab. Your dispatcher doesn't need to note down any of these and tell the next dispatcher on duty what is the flight preparation status. Every detail is stored inside Leon. You can configure which tabs should be displayed on Checklist tab, using
Admin > Operator
Settings > Flight Editing
tab. Available sections are:
•
FPL – Flight Plan (ATC)
•
OFPL – Operational Flight Plan. This is a document prepared for crew with fuel details,
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point names, winds etc.
•
A/C Performance
•
Overflight permission - with FIRs list generated automatically on the basis of EET points
•
Airport slots – works similar as handling – also divided into two sections
•
PPR – Prior Permit Required
•
Files sent to crew briefing
•
Crew aware of trip
•
Commanders brief sent
•
GAR – General Aviation Report
•
Crew Transport
•
Fuel – you can see fuel prices for each airport of departure and destination/ you can also upload your own prices
•
Handling – divided into two sections. One section is for the airport of departure and another one is for the airport of destination. For each airport you can choose handling agent you want to use
•
Crew – hotel and transport for the crew
•
PAX list – Passengers' list
•
PAX transport
•
Catering
•
Notes – anything else you want to add
Each section has its own drop down menu where by default '
No
' is selected (nothing was done about this item). Various sections have different options with different colors assigned. This will be described in detail later. Dot colors in the flights list are important:
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Status dot color on flights list gives you quick information about leg.
Illustration 7: Status tooltip
Green
– Ready (everything has been prepared)
Orange
– Not ready (waiting for some acknowledgments but no action needs to be taken)
Red
– Not ready (some items need dispatcher's action)
All sections from the Checklist tab are also available on separate tabs:
Ops, Fuel, Handling,
Hotel, PAX, Catering,
and additional
Flight watch
where more details may be edited. Please note that changes made in Checklist affect other tabs and vice-versa.
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