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FREP's
Filing Flight Reports Correct Procedure.
Ok....now there's a right way and a wrong way to file your FREP's. If you have read the GOM (General Operating Manual) and have been filing your FREP's and having them approved, you won't need to read this tutorial. If however your FREP's have been returning to you..........rejected, then this may just go some way to solving the reasons for this. Ok there are 3 important area's we as pilots need to complete when submitting our reports. The main details of the flight are handled by Pegasus and appear completed on the FREP once opened. The remaining information we must complete ourselves before filing the FREP. Departure / Arrival section, all the information is entered including the Dep. and Arv. runway details, the SID/STAR we used, the Block Time (time recorded when you leave the gate and ends when you arrive at the gate at your destination) and the Flight time (starts at takeoff / ends at touchdown). Metar (Weather conditions) information required for both departure and arrival. This information is available from any online weather software you may be using such as FSMeteo, SERVINFO, or if online with Vatsim then Squawkbox etc. If the flight is being flown off-line or not with Vatsim for instance, then this information is available from Pegasus by clicking on the flight date in your logbook. This will provide you with all the metar info required at both your departure and arrival airports. Navigation Route, this is the information (flightplan data) that you have used to complete this flight. An example would be.. EGKK-UT420-NITAR-CTL-UB4-RLP-UL613-LUL-UT40-TORPA-GRE-VIC-UL613-AKADO-PUL-UL611-YNN-VARDI-R19-GERMI-ATH-UL607-ALIKI-SIT-G400-LABNA-BLT-HECA this is the complete route we would enter. All the information is here including the Airways, VOR's, NDB's etc. we have used. Another example route would be SFD UA56 DRAKE UA34 SITET UN859 QUV UW7 LORES LEPA etc...... This must be filed for all flights flown on or off-line. Just typing direct, GPS, File etc. is not acceptable. The data must contain the route flown including VOR's, NDB's, Airways etc. This information can be cut and pasted from most Navigation s/w (FSNavigator, NAV3.1, FSBuild.....) or the FS2k2 flightplanner for instance. ( a small tip here: cut & paste all important details to a notepad document as you create the flightplan etc. for use later on your FREP) Other than the Navigation Route we also must complete the altitude (Flight Level) flown in the format FL350 for 35,000ft, an alternate airport if available, and whether the flight was flown while off or online. (Online Flights are to be filed only when flown using either the Vatsim/IVAO networks) The last section is for pilot comments on the flight and should be filled in if you need too.....but always if you are very late or early departing or arriving due to ATC or a local situation. Ok........that about covers all the requirements of the ESA FREP's........any Q's?...........yes?......then drop me a note here.:-) Nearly forgot...........the wrong way to file?......shouldn't be a problem now eh? Available in PDF: FREP
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