Main Page

The main menu button-bar of the Book A Flight system

Welcome to the Online Documentation for the Book-a-Flight System. The core menu options in the system are listed below, with a brief description of the menu option. Click on each of these entries to be taken to detailed documentation of that aspect of the system.

All of the capabilities of the system are controlled by security access permissions - if you do not see one or more of these menu options on your copy of the Book A Flight system please contact your administrator to have the necessary permissions setup for your user account.

Online Documentation

Booking Sheet	[[|Booking Sheet]]	The main booking sheet. Click this menu option to return from any other page to the grid view of the booking sheet.
Red Tag System		Each pilot must complete the Red / Green tag process before they are able to authorise any flight.
My Bookings		Display my future bookings and the flights / bookings I have participated in in the past.
Aircraft Types		Access and edit aircraft types including Mass and Balance details for each type.
Aircraft		List and edit aircraft and simulators.
Members		List all members and access / edit a members details and uploaded documentation
Rooms		Add / edit rooms (e.g. briefing rooms) and other facilities (e.g. Exam stations)
Instructors / Charter Pilots		List and edit details for instructors and charter pilots.
Events		Load, edit and remove Events that should display on the booking sheet.
Audit Trail		View audit details for changes to bookings.
School NOTAM		Add, edit and remove NOTAMS to be shown to all users of the system as well as NOTAMS to be displayed to staff.
Flights		A list of all recent flights, typically used to transfer completed flights to the accounts department.
Safety Meetings		System under revision - not currently available.
SMS		A list of recent SMS (text messages) sent, and details about credit balances (if you have SMS notifications enabled). See the Booking_Change_Notifications documentation for details.
Lists		Manage various lists used by the system. Lists include Booking types, Instruction types, Instruction payment types, Membership types, License types, Flight types, Cancellation reasons and Training phases.
Security Groups		Used to control which user are able to perform which activities within the system.
Invoice Items		The types of things that can be invoiced. Covers aircraft rates for different members, instruction rates for different types of instruction, and other items (e.g. landing fees) that can be added to an invoice.
Reports		The standard reports available in the Book A Flight system.
Siteconfig		The core system configuration settings. This contains all site-specific settings for your particular instance of the system.
Pastel Integration	Pastel Integration	How to transfer invoices to Pastel and how to transfer account balances from pastel back to each pilot.

--marcg@bookaflight.co.za 16:40, 27 Jun 2021 (SAST)