Pilot Check-in

Overview

The mobile check-in (opened from a flight card once the flight is ready) walks the pilot through the flight: flight info, payments, passenger check-in, the go/no-go cards, sign-off and the landing registration.

The pilot can correct a small, deliberate set of values directly on this screen — no call to the operator needed. Every change is recorded in a per-flight log the operator can consult at any time. Everything else stays read-only.

What the pilot can edit

Each editable card carries a pencil in its header (visible until the flight is signed off):

CardEditable valuesNotes
WEATHERMeasured outside temperature, ground wind speed + direction, QNHLift figures recalculate immediately. Once a value is entered by hand, the automatic weather forecast no longer overwrites it for this flight.
LIFTMaximum envelope temperatureOverrides the balloon’s default in the lift computation.
FUELPlanned flight time, available flight timeSpare fuel time recalculates. An overridden available flight time replaces the value derived from the cylinders.
Flight infoTakeoff hour, flight commentChanging the hour is an operational record only — no passenger messages are sent.

Balloon, pilot, date, location and the bookings themselves remain operator decisions and cannot be changed here.

Passenger data (weight, luggage, payments, …) is edited in the passenger check-in step as before; a correction of a known weight is additionally recorded in the flight’s change log, since it affects the lift.

Sign-off and clearing a signature

Signing off locks all the values above — the signature attests exactly the numbers on screen.

Notices something wrong after signing? Use clear sign-off under the signature (with confirmation):

  • the signature and sign-off date are removed, and the go/no-go confirmations reset;
  • the values unlock for correction;
  • the flight shows as not signed off everywhere until the pilot signs again;
  • the clearing itself is logged — the original signature stays visible in the log entry that recorded it.

The change log

Every accepted change writes one log entry: who, when, which value, old → new. Signing off and clearing are logged too, including a snapshot of the signature.

  • Operator: flight detail → “Pilot check-in” panel — the full history, newest first.
  • Pilot: the same list appears on the sign-off screen, right above the signature pad, so the pilot sees exactly what he is about to attest.

Log entries cannot be edited or deleted, by anyone.