Hello,
I wanted to find out what the reasoning behind this change was. As it is now, you put the ICAO designator and flight number at the top, which is then the same as the ATC callsign anyways. e.g. If you fly Delta 1289, you now put DAL and 1289 at the top of the briefing page. The ATC callsign will also be DAL 1289. Which makes it a superfluous double data field scenario.
Even if for example Vueling 6614. The IATA designator/flight number for this flight will be VY6614. The callsign filed is VLG72UL. As of this revision, there is no place to put the flight number of VY6614. The top of the planning page says ICAO, so you’d put VLG. Since you set VLG, you can’t set 6614 as the flight number. So you put 72UL, the ATC callsign will be of course … VLG72UL. Again the same. So the actual flight number is not written anywhere on the OFP, and double (and superfluous) ICAO/ATC callsign.
Am I seeing this incorrectly or maybe missing the intent of the change? (Adding ICAO at the top airline field)?
Hi,
SimBrief has actually always expected ICAO airline codes in the “Airline” field. In most cases it will convert to the applicable IATA code, if required to display it in the selected OFP layout (different airlines may or may not show the IATA code somewhere in the OFP).
This results in less inputs required. The ATC callsign defaults to a combination of the 2, so in many cases you don’t need to re-enter or customize it. It also makes more sense in the simulator world, since many virtual airlines do not have an IATA code.
That being said, the underlying logic has not changed since many years. You can still enter the IATA code in the “Airline” option if you’d like, however then you will need to manually enter the ATC Callsign option as well, since it will have defaulted to IATA + Flight number.
For clarification, in the case of VY6614 / VLG72UL, the “preferred” way to fill in the options would be:
| Option |
Value |
| Airline |
VLG |
| Flight Number |
6614 |
| ATC Callsign |
VLG72UL |
The IATA code will be correctly reflected as “VY” where necessary on the OFP, but this depends on the selected OFP layout.
Best regards,