User manual
Table Of Contents
PFPX - Professional Flight Planner X
Aerosoft GmbH 2013
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Flight Planning ......................................................... 72
General ............................................................................... 72
The role of the flight dispatcher ................................. 73
Regulations ........................................................................ 73
Which authority should you use for flight planning? .. 74
Fuel policies ........................................................................ 75
EU-OPS ..................................................................... 75
FAR 121 .................................................................... 76
US FLAG operations .................................................. 77
Supplemental operations ........................................... 78
Route Planning .................................................................. 78
Lateral navigation ...................................................... 78
Vertical navigation ..................................................... 79
Alternate Airports ..................................................... 80
Cruise Speed ..................................................................... 81
Constant speed ........................................................ 81
Cost index ................................................................. 81
Redispatch Planning .......................................................... 82
Redispatch fix ............................................................ 82
Contingency fuel ....................................................... 83
ETOPS (Extended Range) Operations .............................. 84
The Evolution of ETOPS ............................................. 85
When is ETOPS required? .......................................... 86
Designating an ETOPS alternate airport ..................... 87
Acknowledgements and Thanks ............................87
Copyright ........................................................................... 87