Schedule Master Live Saturday, November 1, 2003

 1.  Turn on the status bar in the Internet Explorer  ( View - Status Bar or Alt-V B ).  When you put your cursor on a schedule, the name and phone number of the person that made the schedule will appear in the Status Bar.

 2.  Sending e-mail to others.  If you go to the User tab in Schedule Master, all members whose last name is not in black has a valid e-mail address.  Click on a member's last name and it will start an e-mail to that person.

 3.  Notification of when a plane becomes available.  If you wish to be notified if someone cancels a plane, simply click on the other persons reservation.  A window will popup asking for details of when to notify you and by what means.  You can be notified by e-mail, pager, or fax.

 4.  First alternate scheduling.  If you wish to be the first alternate for an airplane, click on the reservation you wish to be first alternate on.  When the notification window pops up, select the option for Standby Scheduling at the top of the popup window.  This takes you to a form which allows you to put in the times that you want the airplane.  If the airplane becomes available, you must still confirm that you want this plane.  The notification is sent to you via e-mail.  You must log into Schedule Master and reaffirm that you still want the plane.  The reconfirmation deadline is done based upon a calculation of the start time and when the airplane was available.  This will be somewhere between 4 and 72 hours.  If you want the nitty-gritty details, please see me.  If you don't confirm your schedule before the calculated deadline has lapsed, you will be removed from that airplane.

 5.  No shows.  If an airplane is scheduled for less than 1 day and the pilot is a no-show after 1 hour into his scheduled time, anyone may go into schedule master and declare that schedule as a no-show.  This allows someone else to then schedule the plane.  Please diligently follow all DPC flight rules concerning contacting the person that originally scheduled the plane prior to taking the airplane.  If the plane is scheduled for more than a day, it may be considered a no-show after the first day.

 Any questions?  Please feel free to ask Kevin or Tom,

Kevin, Tom

            Winter Flying is Almost on Top of Us

Q: What is the definition of "known icing?"

A: Although the term is not defined in Part 1 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, the NTSB's administrative law judges have developed a solid definition of known icing in their decisions on icing-related certificate actions over the years. Beginning with a case in 1957, the NTSB has stated that icing conditions exist when temperatures are near or below freezing and visible moisture is present. They have said further that because the flight service station network states the existence of those conditions in reports and forecasts that are available to pilots both before flight and while en route, the icing conditions become "known." In a 1993 case in upholding a certificate action against a pilot who relied on pilot reports in making his go/no-go decision, the board made it clear that official weather reports and forecasts take precedence over "anecdotal" pilot reports. See AOPA Online ( http://www.aopa.org/members/ftmag/article.cfm?article=393 ).

- Tom

                 Fall Plane Wash set for Saturday, November 9th at 9:00 AM

- Tom