Ops Initial Training | Flight Strip: Delaying a Flight

00:00: Learn how to effectively delay a flight in FL3XX

00:03: This guide walks you through updating times, notifying contacts, and

00:07: managing flight status to handle delays smoothly.

00:10: Let’s start on the Dispatch module and then hover over the time of the flight we are working.

00:15: When you hover, you will see local time UTC.

00:18: And home-based time, this flight is scheduled to depart at 0900

00:22: local or 1600 UTC.

00:26: Now let’s open the movement panel of the flight strip

00:29: Imagine this flight is delayed a half hour.

00:31: We’re going to edit the estimated time of departure.

00:36: Confirm the updated time entry to proceed with changes.

00:40: Manually enter the new departure time to reflect the delay, in this example 9:30

00:45: Once the time saves, it will post the delay in red under the scheduled

00:49: departure time. The first column of the flight strip will also display a

00:53: blinking “delayed” status.

00:56: In the movement panel, you can send a movement message. Click the orange “Send ETD”

01:01: button in the departure movement section

01:04: The email address of the Customer will be used as a default.

01:07: The email address of the Account will be used if there is no email address for the Customer.

01:11: The same applied to the BCC defaults. In addition,

01:16: the Arrival Handler email is included in BCC only for Departure

01:20: Movement. Additional BCCs can be configured in the Aircraft module.

01:25: The GenDec and Passenger Manifest are attached to the movement

01:28: email by default, though you have the option to deselect them and to add

01:32: other attachments.

01:34: If you want to change the time on the manifest itself, you will need to change the time in

01:38: the itinerary. Open the booking panel of the flight strip

01:42: Edit the departure time.

01:44: In this case, we will account for a 30-minute delay by changing the time

01:48: to 9:30.

01:50: Save all modifications to confirm, the new flight schedule.

01:54: You will see elements of the flight strip change to magenta to indicate changes

01:58: to the flight.

01:59: Hover over the magenta jelly on the end of the flight strip to display the changes.

02:04: Click on the magenta jelly to acknowledge revisions.

02:08: Because the flight had been released before the revisions,

02:11: I must explicitly acknowledge those changes in the flight release panel.

02:16: The challenge of changing the time in the itinerary rather than posting a delay is that it also

02:20: delays the crew report time if it’s their first flight of the day If the crew

02:24: is already on duty and the delay occurred, you can adjust their check-in time in the

02:28: crew panel of the flight strip.

02:30: Manually enter the check-in time which had been scheduled for 8:00 one

02:34: hour prior to the original departure.

02:37: Iin the remarks section you can provide additional context.

02:41: This guide detailed the process of delaying a flight within the system, including

02:45: updating, departure times notifying relevant contacts, adding

02:50: remarks and changing flight status to released it ensures

02:54: accurate communication and record-keeping for a flight delays.