If I create a route where I need to change the altitude in flight to meet the requirements of an airway, I can enter the necessary information in the route description (i.e. G36/N0445FL180) and the information is retained and passed to the Eurocontrol validation screen, and passes Eurocontrol. BUT, when I generate the briefing that information is lost and it looks like I could fly along quite happily at my cruising altitude. When I come back and look at the suggested routes for the route I was flying, my route is shown as one of the possibilities but, again, without the necessary altitude changes. Am I doing something wrong or is this just the way the SimBrief is and the pilot or ATC is expected to catch the problem?
Hi,
You had entered the altitude change as: LMG/N0445FL180 G36 ESISI, whereas it needs to be entered without the “L”: LMG/N0445F180 G36 ESISI.
For SimBrief’s purposes, you can also simply type the altitude without the speed for simplicity: LMG/F180 G36 ESISI. But I don’t think the Eurocontrol validator will recognize this, however.
SimBrief’s suggested routes remove the custom altitude entries by design, so that’s normal.
Best regards,
Thanks for the quick answer. (Which I just had to go and fish out of my spam filter… sigh). The L was a typo on my part when I was writing my question. And yes, to get the plan through EC validation a speed must also be entered. Aaannnnddd, just to confirm: SimBrief, by design, does not keep track of airway required flight level changes. So guys, if you are flying without ATC, don’t just watch your briefings. Read your maps!
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