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Hi all,

 

I'm in the process of creating an OFP template and ran into a few issues. Maybe one of you guys has an idea on how to resolve them?

 

1) Is there a way to display the ETOPS fuel and time like this? I find that only <&EROPSFuel> is available, I can't find any operator for the resulting time.

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                       FUEL  TIME

ETOPS XTRA        0  0000

 

 

2) Can I display an Enroute Alternate when I'm planning with one, and have it say "N/A" when not? Like this:

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NOMINATED ERA EIDW

    or:

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NOMINATED ERA N/A

 

 

3) ETOPS related...is there a way to compress the ETOPS results that PFPX gives, and add in the bold items? 

 

This is how it should end up:

 

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--------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       ETOPS SUMMARY
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ETOPS ENTRY (CYYT) N5046.7 W04311.8      TIME 0242
ETOPS EXIT     (EINN)  N5258.2 W02030.2     TIME 0431
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                                   DIST    TIME W/C              ICE    CFR   FOB COND
ETP1  CYYT/BIKF 780/813    0212 H013/T002 1571 14665 15983 DX
0328 N5144.3 W03338.6
ETP2 BIKF/EIDW  691/692     0150 T013/T012 1305 12180 13125 DX
0407 N5234.1 W02525.0
ETP3 CYYT/BIKF   774/816    0238 H013/T001 1214 13350 16041 DC
0327 N5143.4 W03348.6
ETP4 BIKF/EIDW       691/692 0210 T013/T012 995 10945 13125 DC
0407 N5234.1 W02525.0
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------
ADDITIONAL EROPS FUEL WITH ICING COND:   0
NON-ICING CORRECTION:                                    0

(IF NO ICING COND ANTICIPATED, N.I.C. MAY BE SUBTRACTED FROM PLNTOF)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------
E T O P S (138 MIN)
ENRTE ALTNS (WX/NOTAM SUITABILITY PERIOD)
CYYT (1514-1924)
BIKF (1659-1937)
EIDW (1713-1937)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------
CLEARANCES                                                         RVSM ALT CHK
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------

 

 

this is what I have so far:

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--------------------------------------------------------------------
                             ETOPS SUMMARY
--------------------------------------------------------------------

          ETOPS ENTRY (CYYT) N4037.4 W07347.1    TIME 0001


          ETOPS EXIT  (CYYT) N4637.2 W06418.3    TIME 0108


          ETOPS ENTRY (CYYT) N5053.7 W04140.6    TIME 0252


          ETOPS EXIT  (EIDW) N5252.1 W02201.9    TIME 0420

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                                  DIST        TIME  W/C             ICE  CFR   FOB    COND
ETP1 CYYT/BIKF   642/890    0220  H084/T025         9643  13643   1X
0312 N5121.4  W03719.1

ETP1 CYYT/BIKF   760/824    0250  H015/T008         10655 12807   DX
0326 N5141.4  W03411.4

ETP1 CYYT/BIKF   762/823    0243  H015/T008         11449 12797   DC
0326 N5141.6  W03409.0

ETP2 BIKF/EIDW   705/735    0153  T019/T032            7769  10751   1X
0400 N5226.7  W02634.0

ETP2 BIKF/EIDW   698/716    0222  T012/T014           8927  10616   DX
0402 N5230.2  W02602.5

ETP2 BIKF/EIDW   698/715    0217  T012/T015            9643  10612   DC
0402 N5230.2  W02601.7

--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------
ADDITIONAL EROPS FUEL WITH ICING COND:       0                              [added as placeholder]
NON-ICING CORRECTION:                        0                                                [added as placeholder]
(IF NO ICING COND ANTICIPATED, N.I.C. MAY BE SUBTRACTED FROM PLNTOF)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------

 

 

4) That might be a first as far as PFPX feature requests are concerned but...is it possible to include the True Airspeed to an Alternate? The OFP I'm recreating has this section:

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1ST ALT: EGPH/EDI
EGNX TNT2N TNT UN57 POL UN601 INPIP INPIP1E EGPH
TRT 339 DIST 0237 N445 FL360 W/C P009 FUEL/TIME 3112+0/0.41

 

 

 

5) Is it possible to change the header when exporting the OFP as PDF? PFPX defaults to:

     "ABC123 KJFK-EGLL (02-Feb-2021) #1", I would like it to read: "AB 123/02 FEB/JFK-LHR"

 

 

 

6) For the section where the effect of lower altitudes on trip fuel are displayed: Can I have PFPX show the resulting new trip fuel on a lower flight level, instead of just the difference?

         "ONE FL BELOW TIME 0607 BURNOFF 33000" instead of "ONE FL BELOW TIME 0607 BURNOFF P150"

 

Looking forward to your suggestions, thank you all very much in advance!

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Hi mate,

1) No, I don't think there is any field to get EROPS time.

2) Again, don't think so.

 

3) Not that I can tell.  You'd have to leave the field blank, calcualte with/without antice and add in manually after you've released the OFP in a text editor.

 

4) Don't think possible.

 

5) Not sure.

 

6) No.

 

A lot of these things you've mentioned I give a quick tweak in Word or some other text editor after releasing.

 

Cheers,
Rudy

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Hiya,

 

glad to hear back from you Rudy, I've always appreciated your effort and expertise with the Qantas and BA templates!

 

Judging from your input, I've pretty much used all the options PFPX gives to their full potential with my template here, anything more would have to be done outside PFPX. Good to know!

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Yeah I think you have used the options up.  With so so many different types between all the airlines, it is difficult to get everything exactly the same - I definitely found that with the QF ones - lots of unusual fields.

 

Thanks for the kind words.

 

Good luck with your OFP and don't forget to upload it when you're done haha :)  It looks a bit DLHish??

 

Rudy

 

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vor 8 Stunden , VHOJT sagte:

Yeah I think you have used the options up.  With so so many different types between all the airlines, it is difficult to get everything exactly the same - I definitely found that with the QF ones - lots of unusual fields.

 

Thanks for the kind words.

 

Good luck with your OFP and don't forget to upload it when you're done haha :)  It looks a bit DLHish??

 

Rudy

 

 

Weil, you just need to switch two letters around actually - it's the LIDO format used by the DHL group in its European AOCs :)

 

And yes, I've found that PFPX is in parts closely tied to a EASA and LIDO form of displaying data, working with the template made me realize the challenges one might face with a totally different fuel policy regulation, for example. 

 

I think I should be able to upload it later in the day.

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