Flight History

Function presentation

The Flight History window displays the Flight Event History list for one flight.

Opening the window

From the Application / ATFCM menu, select the option Flights / Flight History.

A new empty Flight History window will be opened with the following defaults :

IOBD : current or last queried traffic date is proposed (relative to current UTC date) depending on selected user preference (CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Default date proposed for query).
IOBT : blank. Drop-down list will propose pre-formatted time on a 20 minutes step base.
ARCID : the drop-down box will propose the most recent query data elements you have queried before with success.
ADEP : the drop-down box will propose the most recent query data elements you have queried before with success.

On initial display, the focus is set on the first mandatory query control with no default value: the ARCID input control.

Preparing to query

The Initial Estimated Off Block Date (IOBD) may be adjusted to one of the proposed values. Common ATFCM Tactical / Pre-Tactical dates behaviour is implemented.
The Initial Estimated Off Block Time (IOBT) input box may be adjusted to a valid time value from 00:00 to 23:59 included. This time does not have to be exact. The system will allow some flexibility to identify the precise flight you want to query.
The Aircraft Identifier (ARCID) shall be filled in or selected from the drop-down list (when a previous query was successful).
The Aerodrome of Departure ((ADEP)) may be filled in with an Aerodrome ICAO code or selected from the drop-down list (when a previous query was successful).
All these query data elements are mandatory in order to identify a unique flight.
Select the Proposal radio button on the button bar to check for a proposed flight before the normal one. Otherwise only the normal flight will be returned.
The Send button will send the query to the CFMU system.
This window may be closed before any query is issued.
The Reset action common functionality is implemented for this function. All query criteria except Normal/Proposal selection are considered for activating the Reset action.

Displaying the query results

This display shows the list of TACT Flight Event entries for the flight that corresponds to the selected query crieria.
The title contains the time stamp when the information was retrieved from the CFMU system.
Presence of the keyword (Prop) in the title indicates that the displayed data might be a "Proposal" flight.
The header section of the window contains the different query data elements used to retrieve the displayed flight History :

IOBD : Initial Estimated Off Block Date.
IOBT : Initial Estimated Off Block Time. Possibly adjusted to its correct value based on the reply data.
ARCID : Aircraft Identifier.
ADEP : Aerodrome of Departure.

The Aerodrome of Destination (ADES) is displayed in the header section when the reply is received from the CFMU system.
On query results display, the focus is set on the event list after selecting the first entry in the list.
At the top of the event history list, a counter indicates the number of events retrieved.
This counter may be affected by filtering (fff / rrr events where fff is the filtered number and rrr is the retrieved number).
The list shows for each entry:

The Event Type.
The time when that event was recorded (at).
The Resulting Status after the event.
The new Off Block Time after the event (New OBT).
When an ETFMS Flight Distribution Message (EFD) has been sent.
When a Flight Update Message (FUM) has been sent.

The Invalidate function works for this window, if the user preference CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Activate invalidate functionality is checked.

User interactions

The Normal / Proposal button may be adjusted before issuing a new query.
This window allows to modify a previous query selection and to issue a new request.
On query modification, the Reset action is enabled.
To display / hide the query part, click respectively the Down / Up arrow on the left underneath the split bar.
To update the display, click on the Send button on the button bar or select the Action / Send menu option. This will issue exactly the same query to obtain an up to date list.
The Invalidate function may be activated for this window. Just check or uncheck the user preference CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Activate invalidate functionality.
To print the Event History list, first retrieve, sort and filter the data in the window. When ready, click on the Print button or select the File / Print menu option.
To display a sub-selection of the retrieved data, click on the Filter button on the button bar or select the Action / Filter menu option and adjust the desired filtering criteria.
To modify the Sort sequence of the events, click on column headers corresponding to your desired sort criteria.
To export the displayed details, click on the Export button or select the Action / Export menu option.
Increasing / reducing the window height and width will impact the size of the main Event list control.