FlightScheduler User Guide

1. Getting Started

FlightScheduler turns the dense monthly schedule PDF into an interactive planning tool. Instead of flipping through dozens of pages, you can browse every line with clear stat chips, apply advanced calendar logic, build ordered bid sheets, and track live metrics interactively.

2. Signing In

Creating Your Account

1. Open FlightScheduler and click "Create one" at the bottom of the sign-in page.
2. Fill in your details exactly as requested by your program administrator.

Figure 1: Interface form view for establishing authorized user login credentials.

3. Browsing Lines (All Lines View)

After signing in, you land on the All Lines view. This contains your toolbar controllers, active filters, comparison calendar rows, and sequential line lists.

Figure 2: Comprehensive system dashboard layout presenting live roster listings and main navigation tools.

4. Understanding a Line Card

Figure 3: Roster metric breakdowns displaying schedule classifications and system-defined types.

5. Viewing Pairings

Click anywhere on a line card to expand it. A calendar strip appears showing all days, containing color-coded status slots:

• Blue = trip (shows the city code)
• Green = day off (shows *)
• Yellow = layover (shows -)
• Red = training

Figure 4: Main tracking calendar timeline and structural flight pairing cards matrix view.

6. Filtering and Searching

Filter rosters via specific columns or choose targeted day configurations via the custom pop-up rules builder.

Figure 5: Target configurations used to narrow and isolate explicit route criteria.

7. Building Your Bid Sheet

Manage your rankings using the Up / Down context controls or move line ranks explicitly inside your preference tab rows.

Figure 6: Custom interactive layout interface utilized to adjust and priority-sort chosen roster entries.

8. Exporting Reports

Extract datasets directly to highly structured Excel spreadsheets (`.xlsx`), standard image layouts (`.png`), or print-ready PDF summaries.

Figure 7: Output options for data conversion sheets and export verifications.

9. Trade Offers

Click any pairing row item to open a clean Trade layout wrapper where you can compile data and capture the view as a snapshot file.

Figure 8: Custom dialog system configured to translate pairing swaps into instantly shareable message layouts.

10. Your Profile

Update customizable fields like name, rank position, aircraft type, or base city under the user profiles portal.

11. Offline Mode

When offline, the login panel automatically turns into an application status alert allowing you to browse cached schedules safely.

12. Dark and Light Mode

Toggle your display configurations cleanly by hitting the sun/moon button found directly inside your layout headers.

13. Tips and Shortcuts