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Editing a SimBrief plan for an event or tour flight

Event flights and tour legs are linked to your dispatch. That link is what gives you credit for the event or the tour leg when you file your PIREP. In CAVacars 2 you can change your SimBrief plan as often as you like, and the link stays in place.

Never use Import from SimBrief on the Charter screen for an event or tour flight. That button creates a brand-new charter dispatch. A charter has no event or tour link, so it is never credited to the event or tour leg, even when it has exactly the same flight number, airports and route. The Plan with SimBrief button on your dispatched flight is the right one: it updates your plan without touching the dispatch.

Before you start

Step 1: Dispatch the event or tour flight

  1. Open Events or Tours in CAVacars 2.
  2. Click Dispatch on the event flight or tour leg. Event flights can be dispatched from 30 minutes before the event starts. Tour legs must be flown in order.
  3. The flight now appears under My Dispatched Flights.

Step 2: Plan it with SimBrief

  1. In My Dispatched Flights, click Plan with SimBrief on the flight.
  2. Click Open SimBrief. SimBrief opens in your browser with the flight number, airports, aircraft, route and cruise level already filled in.
  3. Adjust anything you like and click Generate Flight on SimBrief.
  4. Go back to CAVacars 2 and click Check for my flight plan. The app shows the OFP summary and draws your route on the tracking map.

Step 3: Change the plan as often as you need

Want a different route, cruise level, fuel or payload?

  1. Edit the plan on SimBrief and generate it again. You can reopen it from Plan with SimBrief → Open SimBrief, or edit it directly on simbrief.com.
  2. In CAVacars 2, click Check for my flight plan again to load the new version.

Don't delete the dispatch and don't create a charter from the SimBrief plan. Keep flying the original dispatch from My Dispatched Flights. It's the one that carries the event or tour link. Re-loading the plan into your aircraft or EFB in the sim is fine too; it doesn't affect your dispatch.

If you open the Charter screen (in CAVacars 2 or on the website) with a flight that matches an event or one of your event or tour dispatches, you'll see a warning that the charter won't count. When you see it, stop and go back to your dispatched flight.

Changed aircraft? If you switch to a different aircraft in SimBrief, change it on the dispatch too. Use the aircraft dropdown on the flight in My Dispatched Flights. Changes to the route, cruise level, fuel or payload don't need anything in CAVacars 2.

Your other tools stay in sync

Your plan is generated and stored on SimBrief, so aircraft FMCs, EFBs and other add-ons that import your latest SimBrief plan get the same edited version. Two things to keep in mind:

  • Everything loads your most recent SimBrief plan. If you generate a plan for another flight afterwards, that newer plan is what CAVacars 2 and your add-ons will load.
  • If CAVacars 2 says it can't find your plan, check that your browser is signed in to the SimBrief account that matches the Pilot ID on your CAV profile.

Step 4: Fly and file

Before you start tracking, check the flight in My Dispatched Flights. Its type should show the event or tour leg, not Charter. If you have more than one dispatch from the same airport, CAVacars 2 asks which one to track: pick the event or tour flight.

Start tracking the dispatched flight as usual. When you file the PIREP, the event or tour leg is credited automatically. See Flight tracking and Filing your PIREP.

My event or tour leg wasn't credited

Almost always, the flight was filed on a charter (or a schedule flight) instead of the event or tour dispatch, usually after re-importing a SimBrief plan through the Charter screen or deleting and recreating the dispatch. Event flights can only be dispatched from 30 minutes before the event starts until it ends, so a dispatch that's deleted late can't be recreated as an event flight.

Contact staff with your PIREP number. Don't file the flight again.

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