The app at a glance
The tabs along the top are grouped by what they're for:
| Group | Tabs | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | Home, Live Map | Your | |
| Find a flight | Schedules, Tours, Events, | Browse and dispatch flights | |
| My bookings | Dispatched | Flights you've dispatched but not yet flown | |
| Live ops | Chat, | Pilot chat and your active tracked flight |
The status bar
A status bar runs along the bottom of the window at all timestimes. — thisThis is where your simulator connection lives (see below)Connecting your simulator). It also shows a REC indicator with your flight number whenever a flight is actively being tracked, and an Arming countdown while a tracking session is about to auto-start, so you always know your tracking state no matter which tab you're on.
Click the connection status at the far left to open the Debug log. If you're having trouble, click Copy log there and paste it in a message to staff.
The pilot menu
Click your name and avatar in the top right to open the pilot menu:
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| My Logbook | Opens your logbook on the CAV website |
| Pilot Guide | Opens this guide |
| What's new | The latest changes to CAVacars 2 (see Updates). A red dot on your avatar means there's something you haven't seen yet. |
| Browser access | Use CAVacars 2 from a tablet, phone or another PC on your network. See Using CAVacars 2 in a browser or on an iPad. |
| Close to tray | When ON, closing the window keeps CAVacars 2 running in the system tray instead of quitting |
| Check for updates | Checks for a new version right away |
| Sign out | Signs you out of CAVacars 2 |
The light/dark theme toggle is in the top bar next to the menu.