Reference activities

Reference Activity:

Name of the reference activity.

Shortcode: 

Is shown on the assigned activity.

Shortcode2: 

Enter the second shortcode if necessary. 

Use Crew Base: 

If checked, the activity will pick up the base of the crew member regardless of where they are "now".

Adjust after time changes:

See below.

Wholeday:

The activity will be full day and default length 1440.

Note: Make sure you enter Default length 1440, this parameter is used by other parts of N-OC.

Default:

This option is no longer in use and was replaced with the definition of standby callout.

Comments:

Free text

Data type: 

Use Human Resource for Crew related and Vehicle for Flight related.

Note: "Human Resources" will not work for Reference activities.

Filter: 

Apply filter if it only shall be active for a specific HR group.

You can assign an HR Filter to certain activities. For example, a SIM activity could have the Filter for Flightdeck Crew – this would mean that the SIM activity cannot be assigned to cabin crew.

Hidden:

The activity will be hidden on the roster.

No Conflict: 

Legality will not trigger a warning.

Note: No conflict will de-conflict Ref Acf and Pairings in SAP award, trade, and open time if selected.

Type:

The category that the activity belongs to. The selection of given types, such as Transport, Standby, StationStandby, Hotel, and Reserve, will enable an extra section in the dialogue. These are explained further down in this article with the exception of Hotel, which is explained in an article on hotels. 

Note: The type can be used by the Rules. E.g. if a rule that calculates Duty hours on a Reserve has been set to check for "isReserve" then the rule will not work if the type is set to "Standby"

Duty type: 

None or Duty.

Time mode:

UTC or Local.

Reference group: 

See reference group.

Time range: 

Set default start and end time, the default length of duty. The default start time and length will change depending on whether you click or drag on the Roster Gantt. 

User group: 

If the activity only applies to some users.

Color: 

Select color.

Drawing type: 

The upper or lower half, or full.

Mandatory Transaction Code: 

If this option is selected, it will force the definition of a  transaction code for the activity while saving a change related to this activity. 

Active:

Select Active if the receiver group is to be used.  

Adjust After Time Changes by default:

When this option is Active, you only need to change the start time of the activity. 

The end time will automatically be calculated when you tab to the next value or click "Apply". You can always uncheck this option if needed.

Standby/ Reserve Callout

When you assign a flight that conflicts with a Standby/Reserve activity, the system can convert the original activity into an activity with a reminder of the standby time. When selecting, if you define the reference activity to be of the type: Reserve, Standby, or StationStandby, some special selections become visible. The first parameter to be defined is the reference activity to be used as a callout activity.

The callout will work when assigning either:

• Leg
• Pairing 
• Reference activity with type Travel.

Other reference activities with the types as described above.

It will transform if the Callout Reference activity is set up in the reference activity dialog, and if:

• On Day of Ops is checked and the start date of the activity is on the same date as the start date of the activity that is being assigned. 
• The activity started checkbox is checked and the reserve/standby/stationStandby has started.
• If neither checkbox is checked, it should work on any day. 

Transport

When you select a reference activity to be of the type transport, additional settings are then enabled. A transport reference activity will allow the user to define the start and end stations. (By default, with any other reference activity, departure, and arrival stations are understood to be the same.

Flight Details: If this option is enabled, the user will have the option to add the airline code and flight number to a reference activity. 

Airline prefix: This will be the default airline prefix to be used in case Flight Details is enabled.

Reservation number: This adds the possibility to add a reservation number to the transport activity if enabled.

Note: You can force the addition of the light number (if enabled) by checking the option “Deadhead Activity Code” in Setup/MandatoryFields.