moondoggie11

Interesting that 2 out of 4 (in one day) "News and Announcements" topics that were posted in PFC today relate to current APC threads. I can't pass up a comment on this one. BM explains why we can't have a one button push from Login to FP/R.

"Second, and more importantly, when you then select the Flight Planning Center there is a banner right in the middle of the page labeled Priority Information Messages (PIM). This is the critical part of having every pilot pass through the Flight Planning Center on the way to accessing their flight release, as this is where information pertinent to today's operation is posted. Not every day, but whenever there is essential operational information that needs to be communicated immediately, this is where it is placed."

Thought that was what FCIFs were for.

"Right now this is our means of communicating these issues. Not every issue applies to every flight, but until we have a means of attaching an issue to a particular flight, fleet, region, crew or aircraft, this is the system we must utilize."

When did we finally put the Green Screen to rest? Duh, 21st Century...hello? Bean counters rule. As with most of the technology I've seen here since '95, appears to be just like the military...contract to the lowest bidder. But, hey, just like VIPS, Open Time, Expense Reports, Deviating and Deadheading, Email, etc., "this is the system we must utilize."

Perm11FO

The message from WM was clearly written by someone that doesn't fly...rationale for weak programming code by the programmer himself.

Just shows more of the "we know what you need better than YOU know what you need mindset that seems to have taken over.

Jetjok

I didn't know that my wife was doing some programming for FedEx. Now it all makes sense.

TonyC

One word.

Bookmark.






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moondoggie11

True dat...if you really have to print...on an AOC PC dinosaur.

TonyC

They're not PCs, but whatever.

Bookmarks work on iPads, too.






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moondoggie11

I meant POS.

Doesn't do much good on an iPad w/o air printers for the majority who print.

TonyC

Again, whatever, it's not about which type of computer you like, or whether or not you're going to print it. It's about gaining access to the most important document in the flight planning process - the Release.

Our managers have intentionally made the process more difficult.

A bookmark makes it easier.


See what happens when I try to keep a post down to one word?


Sheesh.






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flextodaline

Yeah, that's what they do....sit around wringing their hands all day trying to figure out how they can eff with us next. Not so much. You give them too much credit if you think they actually come up with this nonsense. They are just incompetent and focused on the wrong goals.

TonyC

I guess you haven't read our System Chief Pilot's latest excuse, err, I mean missive. We used to be able to access our Flight Plans from the Home Page with one click. The SCP explains he has received numerous complaints that the one-click process was removed. He tells us that was done ON PURPOSE, and then goes on to explain what the purpose is -- to force us to look at a specific webpage before we can get to the Flight Plan. (Where in the FOM is that requirement?)

That IS intentionally making the process more difficult. I'm not giving anybody credit, I'm placing blame where it belongs.






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