CH1 Flight Planning and Briefing Documents

Question 1

What 5 documents come as part of the briefing documents?

Answer 1

• Cover sheet
• Dispatch message and crew list
• Computer generated flight plan
• Crew mail briefing
• Route plot

Question 2

What is the standard taxi fuel for the 777-300ER? What about at LHR, LAX and HKG?

Answer 2

510kg

LHR, LAX, HKG = 720kg

Question 3

What is o the Cover sheet briefing doc?

Answer 3

• Departure and destination Airports
• Flight number
• Date of flight
• Date plan was generated
• Contents

Question 4

What is the PID of the dispatch message?

Answer 4

Plan Identification

Question 5

What will the computed generated flight plan normally aim for to help the company?

Answer 5

Minimum flight costs

-Normally a function of fuel burn and overflight fees

Question 6

What is the crew mail briefing?

Answer 6

Technical, operation, administrative and crewing information

Question 7

What is the route plot?

Answer 7

A visual representation of route, with great circle tracks, FIR boundaries and EDTO airfields, and any relevant weather

Question 8

Whose responsibility if the final fuel load? How is it managed so time is not wasted refuelling or refuelling?

Answer 8

The captain’s responsibility

Aircraft will be partially refuelled and captain can make final decision about how much extra to top up