FLTDUTY XLS (and PLUS) are designed for stand alone Windows application installed to your C:\ drive. Many users install on a network. Might work OK, but this is outside the design use of the program. The solution (?) to lost data is to always maintain a good backup in a safe place so you can Import ...

Lots of good ideas here... FLTDUTY XLS treats it this way: Once you have 5 days/dates off in a row, you are allowed to go 42 days without requiring another day/date/24 consecutive hours off. This is automatic and doesn't require any action by the pilot if you have the Ops Spec. If during that (42 da...

Thanks for the kind words and the support. FLTDUTY was originally an Excel spreadsheet but I soon found there were too many complications and convolutions of times, options and alternatives in the CARs and CASS. It is now a Visual Basic application and there are over 200 "known" users out there. It ...

You can have alook at http://www.fltduty.ca FLTDUTY XLS is a Windows application that allows you to track duty time, flight time and rest for any type of operation. It will indicate compliance with the CARs and CASS and flag any violations... Contact me directly (email) and I will set you up with a ...

You can contact me for a free trial download of FLTDUTY XLS. It is written for English(Canadian) Windows but may be OK in French (Canadian) set in Control Panel > Regional Settings. The labels and such will be in English, but I think it will accept French format entries from a French keyboard. Sorry...

I think I've probably heard from STL and we've worked through the problem. Guess he still doesn't like FLTDUTY XLS much, but probably can keep working with it. The problem with FLTDUTY XLS and MAC is that the program is written in Visual Basic and requires Windows... I guess there is no easy way to ...

You can use the FLTDUTY XLS http://www.fltduty.ca software to enter duty and flight times and it will check against the CARs and Standards for the type of operation you are in and warn of impending violations or approaching limits. CARs are the Regulations and are in the 700's. The Standards are wha...

At the risk of being lumped in with the "expensive software" offerings, you might check out http://www.fltduty.ca for duty time software. This isn't strictly speaking a logbook substitute but does track duty times, flight times and rest and applies the CARs (Canadian only...). The XLS version is for...

Sorry Mac and PDA users, but FLTDUTY XLS is not an Excel spreadsheet. It did start life as fltduty.xls when filenames needed to be 8 letters or less.... But I soon found the spreadsheet couldn't keep up with all the combinations, permutations and options allowed under the CARs. FLTDUTY is a Visual B...

See http://www.fltduty.ca for info on the software, various editions and tips for users. Finally...

I surely agree...! In my FLTDUTY XLS I run the limits with 8+1 and indicate a violation under 9 hours between duty periods for the travel, meals, sh_, shower and shave. Some users have complained that they can get to bed faster than that, but others actually use 10 hours between duty periods. In the...

This NPA has been in the works since late in 2000. The wheels of TC turn slowly... I'm not sure where the original request for change came from but apparently it is at "Justice" for legal editting today. Some day it will turn up as an official CARs Amendment. (We're stuck at 2005-2 for now...) Perha...

Good question... A couple of things come into play here. I'm assuming a 703 Air Taxi operation with passengers but non-scheduled. First, following any duty period you need 8 hours rest. So to be on call 24 hours, you need to have had at least 8 hours, after your last flight, designated as time free ...

The difference between standby and on call or on reserve is that a specific location is included in the standby definition. Standby requires that a pilot be at a specific location (the airport... or home... or within 50 miles of the airport...) and be available for dispatch on a flight within 1 hour...

Just an update on this thread... After getting some interest from individual pilots on having their own duty time tracking as opposed to the operations company based program, I adjusted my software to restrict the full functioning version to a single record and adjusted the price down. Today, there ...

I just caught up with this post and can shed some light... FLTDUTY XLS is the software referred to in CBAAC 0241. The issue had to do with 704/705 operations or those using the On Call designation for pilots. The reference is CARs 700.19 and CASS 720.19. Specifically, TC enforces a policy that requi...

Sorry to be late in catching up with this. I was just surfing the forums looking for this topic. I can offer a little info. CBAAC 0241 was indeed issued to target the FLTDUTY XLS calculation difference between my interpretation of the regulations and standards and the enforcement policy of TC. I was...

Sorry to be hard to find... I'm afraid my web site development is severely retarded.

If you are interested in my flight duty software, just drop a line to castleb@nbnet.nb.ca and I will send you the info and a free trial download if you want.

Try the castleb@nbnet.nb.ca email again. I'm always here and answer any request for information or help with FLTDUTY XLS.