Forced Return (FR) is used for an aircraft that is airborne and needs to land back at the departure airport for some reason.
To use FR and send out relevant messages:
- Right click the flight leg.
- Select the Irregular FR icon.
- A new dialogue opens.
The dialogue has the following information:FieldDescriptionAirline The prefix of the returned leg. It cannot be changed. Flight Number The number of the returned leg. It cannot be changed. Suffix Select the suffix to be added to the returned leg. This field is optional. Call Sign Select the callsign to be added to the returned leg. This field is optional. Touchdown This is the date and time for touchdown of the returned leg.
Note: Check the Estimated checkbox to set this time as estimated.Block On This is the date and time for the block-on event of the returned leg.
Note: Check the Estimated checkbox to set this time as estimated.Forced Return Reason This part of the dialogue will only be visible if the setting in setup ShowDelayReasonForArrival is set to true. Reasons for forced return (if defined in the reasons table) will be visible for selection. Comment Add a comment for the forced return. Create Continuing Flight Options are check or not checked: - Checked: Will create a continuation flight.
- Not checked: No continuation flight is created and this field of this dialogue will not be visible.
Date This option is available for continuation of a flight. This is the date of the continuation flight. Note: Defaults to the original date of operation. Departure Station This option is available for continuation of a flight. This is the original departure station. It cannot be changed. ETD This option is available for continuation of a flight. This is the estimated time of departure of the continuation flight.
Note: the STD will default to the original flight departure time and date.Arrival This option is available for continuation of a flight. This is the original arrival station. It cannot be changed. STC This option is available for continuation of a flight. This is the Service Type code of the original flight. Delay Reason This option is available for continuation of a flight. One delay reason for the estimated time of departure of the continuation flight. Delay Time This option is available for continuation of a flight. This is the amount of delay. Click the Recalc. Times icon to compute this value when adjusting the ETD. - Click the NEXT button. Messages will generate for the related events and display on the screen for any user action.
- After clicking the SAVE button, the puck will show as follows on the Gantt.
- The returned leg will show in green (or equivalent color for a completed leg as defined in “Styles”). The continuation leg will show in yellow, as a result of the ETD. If you do not define an ETD, the continuation leg will overlap with the returned leg.
