Manage licences and ratings

Every pilot may hold licences, one of each title.

Skylog knows about the following licence titles:

Licences can be edited in the person view and the flight log view.

Enter a new licence

There are four methods to enter a new licence: Either use the menu Edit/Licence, the button in the main window's tool bar, or the button or menu in the person view or flight log view. The usage is basically the same either way.

For the first two methods outside a view you have to select the licence holder. If the wizard is opened from a view we try to guess the holder automatically. For the person view the selection defaults to the person, which has been selected most recently. If this person is not a pilot a message is issued and the holder is not selected. For the flight log view the selection defaults to the holder of the flight log which has been selected most recently.

The following picture shows the wizard to enter a new licence. Licence title, holder, and the dates are üreselected, the latter using the current date.


The fields for the licence title, the holder, and the date of initial issue and – for expiring licences – the expiration date must be filled. The date of initial issue must be before the expiration date (the wizards default is always incorrect, the error message in the wizard shown in the picture illustrates that). Even for an unlimited licence (e.g. PPL(C)) the expiration date must be entered; it is ignored for licence monitoring (see the time limits view).

The enter a rating for the licence, select the type of rating. The first line of widgets is used for class ratings. The second line is used for the other ratings. For a class ratings the date of the test and the expiration date must be given (except for the EASA LAPL(A): here the end of validity must not be entered). Clicking the “add” button adds the rating to the licence. If a rating of the same type already exists it is silently replaced. To edit (e.g. to extend) a rating, select the rating, which fills the field below the rating table, change the attributes (e.g. the expiration date in our example), then add the rating to replace the previous attributes.

Additionally language proficiencies can be added analogous to ratings.

If the selected person does not hold a licence of the selected title, the licence is created when the wizard is finished. Otherwise an error is issued.

Modifying licences

Licences can be edited in the person view and the flight log view. The selection analogous to create a new licence as described above. The editor is started using the button or the resp. menu item.

Licence title and holder cannot be changed. Every other date can be edited. Particularly new ratings can be entered. To extend a licence or rating just change the expiration date (do not forget to contact your favourite aeronautical authority!). Rating are extended similarly.

Monitoring

Licences, their exercisebility and ratings can be monitored. This is done using the time limits view.