1 Introduction
Send Options
This topic covers N-FP's send options. You will learn more about the send options available and you will learn how to send ACARS tranmissions.
We estimate that this will take 5 minutes to complete.
2 Detailed Explanation
Once the flight plan has been computed, you can send an ATC flight plan message, a change message, a delay message or a cancellation message to the default ATC filing stations.
Click
the Send to ATC button.
Click
the Details hyperlink.
The ATC Confirmation dialog opens after the Send to ATC button is selected. It displays the flight plan message, flight change message, flight delay message or flight cancellation message, depending on what is selected at the bottom of the window.
Details: Details Link - Clicking on this link opens the Send to ATC dialog. Add or remove ATC addresses to or from the Recipients field. Modify the message in the Message field as desired.
FPL: Flight Plan - Clicking on this option brings up the flight plan message to be sent to ATC recipients as listed in the ATC Confirmation dialog. Add or remove ATC addresses to or from the Recipients field. Modify the message in the Message field as desired.
CHG: Change - Clicking on this option brings up the flight change message to be sent to ATC recipients as listed in the ATC Confirmation dialog. Add or remove ATC addresses to or from the Recipients field. Modify the message in the Message field as desired.
DLA: Delay - Clicking on this option brings up the flight delay message to be sent to ATC recipients as listed in the ATC Confirmation dialog. Add or remove ATC addresses to or from the Recipients field. Modify the message in the Message field as desired.
CNL: Cancellation - Clicking on this option brings up the flight cancellation message to be sent to ATC recipients as listed in the ATC Confirmation dialog. Add or remove ATC addresses to or from the Recipients field. Modify the message in the Message field as desired.
Note: The CNL message pulls the latest computed ETD and not the latest ETD that was filed with ATC.
HINT
If you have the recipients already set, you can click confirm to send the message.
Click
the Send to email recipients
as: dropdown
button.
Click
the Text and PDF list
item.
Click
the When: dropdown
button.
Click
the Now list
item.
Click
the Send button.
Click
the dropdown button beside the
Send Flight Package button.
Click
the dropdown button beside the
Send Flight Package button.
HINT
The Send Flight Package, Send Flight Plan, Send Weather, Send NOTAMs, and Send Free Text dialogs are all identical in function; only the label at the top changes depending on what you choose to send.
Click
the Send Flight Package button.
Enter &SEND1 into
the Recipients field.
Recipients: This field shows the default ARINC, SITA, email, email alias and fax addresses. It can be modified to add, change or remove addresses. After a flight package, flight plan, weather package or NOTAM package is sent, NFP remembers the recipients entered, and re-populates the recipients field with these values when the Send Flight Package/Flight/Weather/NOTAMs dialog is opened again. Next to the Recipients label on the Send Flight Package/Flight/Weather/NOTAMs dialog is an information context arrow.
Clicking this arrow opens a Use Default Address option. Selecting this option clears the Recipients field.
Click
the Subject: input
field.
Enter MESSAGE
TITLE into
the Subject: field.
Click
the Send button.
Click
the Send ACARS button.
Click
the Message input
field.
Recipients: This field shows the default ARINC, SITA, email, email alias and fax addresses. It can be modified to add, change or remove addresses.
Message: Enter message text.
Enter MESSAGE into
the Message field.
Click
the Send button.
Click
the List menu
item.
The green checkmark indicates that the message has been sent successfully.
Icons on the List screen from left to right:
■ Computed
■ Sent to ATC
■ Sent Package
■ Sent ACARS.