The Flight Management Free Text Editor tab allows you to enter a flight plan directly in ADEXP or ICAO format, validate it against IFPUV, request for route proposals, and then submit it.
You may either type in the data, or paste it from an external Flight Plan editing application.
Editing Tabs
When first opened, the Editor panel features two tabs, respectively labeled ...1 and Next FPL:
The first corresponds to the currently displayed data, and is labeled ...1 by default. As soon as you enter data, the label name changes to reflect the value of the AIRCRAFT ID field:
If need be, you can create additional tabs (and subsequently, additional flight plans) within the same Detached View and navigate between them.
To create a new tab, simply click on the New FPL tab - in this example, the result will be the creation of a new tab, labeled ...2 by default (until you specify the relevant ARCID):
To delete a tab, click on the corresponding Close red cross:
Structure
Each FPL tab is divided in six sections:
- Flight Plan Entry
- Original / Reference route
- Propose route data entry
- Validation Results
- Proposals
- Submit Results
Besides the Flight Plan Entry area, where you may enter the FPL in free form (as opposed to the structured method), all the other features and tools are common with the Structured Editor.