How To

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Duty times and stand-down

Duty is calculated from your logged flights. Sign-on is 60 min before the first scheduled departure; sign-off is the last IN plus your fleet's stand-down.

If you signed off later than the default, tap that day in the Duty List and set the stand-down (15–120 min). The sheet shows the new sign-off and duty time before you save. The day is then marked Adjusted Stand Down, and Reset to Default removes it.

Simulator duties are factored at 1.5×, shown next to the duty time.

FRMS → Duty List

Currency

Operational Recency is counted from your logbook: takeoffs, landings, day and night, instrument approaches, ILS, GLS, RNP and NPA. Each uses a recency window (for example, at least 3 in 90 days). The windows are defaults; check them against your operator's requirements and adjust in the item's edit sheet.

Certificates, ratings and Miscellaneous items use either an expiry date or a validity period counted from the date issued. Add your own with the sliders button, then the + beside a section. Notes hold anything you want at hand, such as a licence or certificate number.

Items are green when current, orange when expiring and red when expired. Sort by name or expiry from the menu in the top left.

Full Currency & Recency guide →

Currency

Importing your roster

In webCIS, tap Send My Roster. Open the email in Mail, tap the attached file, then Share and choose Block-Time. If it isn't in the app row, scroll right and tap More to add it. You can also save the file and pick it in Import Roster, or copy its text and paste it there.

Only the file emailed from webCIS works; a screenshot or a PDF printed from webCIS won't import.

Full Importing Data guide →

Settings → Import & Export → Roster

Backup and sync

iCloud sync keeps your logbook and settings the same on every device signed in to the same Apple ID. It is not a backup: a flight deleted on one device is deleted on all of them.

Automatic Backup saves a copy of the logbook on the schedule you choose, to the location you choose, and keeps the number of copies you set.

Full Backup & Sync guide →

Settings → Backup & Logbook Sync

Custom Fields

Add fields for anything the standard logbook doesn't cover. Choose a type when you create one:

  • Integer: whole numbers, such as a count of go-arounds
  • Decimal: shown as 1.5
  • Time: a duration, shown in decimal or hrs:min to match your settings
  • Text: any text

Fields appear at the bottom of Crew & Ops Data when you add or edit a flight. With Show Total on, values are summed and the field can be added as a Dashboard card; turn it off for values that shouldn't add up. Text fields are never totalled.

Custom fields are included in the logbook spreadsheet, CSV export and backups, and can be set in Bulk Edit. Deleting a field deletes its data from every flight.

Full Custom Fields guide →

Settings → Crew & Ops Data → Custom Fields

Bulk Edit

Tap Select, or long-press a flight, then choose the flights to change. Edit opens one form for all of them. Fields that differ between flights show (Mixed) and are left alone unless you change them. Duplicate and Delete work on the whole selection.

Bulk Edit can set the flight type (FLT, PAX, SIM), log as Trainer, the role (PF or PM), P1, ICUS or P2, copy block time into another column, the aircraft, crew names and your custom fields.

To target exactly the right flights, filter first. The filter sheet takes a date range, aircraft type and registration, any crew name, ports, flight number, approach type, and flags such as simulator, positioning or no crew names. Select All then picks only what the filter shows.

For example, to add a missing registration: filter by flight number and date range, Select All, Edit, set the registration, Save.

Full Bulk Edits guide →

Logbook → Select

Crew Notes

Tap Crew in the Logbook toolbar. Search for a name, or switch to With Notes to see only the people you've written about. Choosing a name shows your notes and every flight you've flown together.

While adding or editing a flight, tap the info button beside a crew name to read or add a note without leaving the form.

If a name was entered two ways, correct it in the crew member's edit screen. Block-Time offers to update the name on every matching flight; this can't be undone.

Logbook → Crew

Trainer time

Turn on Log Trainer Time. TRNR then appears beside FLT, PAX and SIM when you add a flight.

TRNR | Simulator records a session you ran as a trainer. The time goes in the Sp/Ins column and counts as instructor time, not flight time. For FRMS it is a simulator duty, factored at 1.5×.

TRNR | Aircraft records instructing on the line. In the seat, the block time is logged as normal and also counted as instructor time; choose P1, ICUS or P2 under Time logged as. In the observer seat, choose TRNG: instructor time and FRMS duty are recorded, but nothing is added to your total hours, recency or sector count.

Instructor time is totalled on the Instructor Time Dashboard card, split into FLT and SIM.

Settings → Crew & Ops Data → Log Trainer Time