Glossary of Terms & Terminology

This is a small glossary of terms as they are used in smartCARS 3 in relation to our website or other common verbiage we use.

• Charter - a charter flight is an ad-hoc flight that a pilot is creating. The pilot may choose any departure, arrival, airplane, and other variables to build a custom flight which then becomes a Dispatch to be flown.
• Dispatch - also called Bid in smartCARS 3 - is the record of a flight that a pilot is intending to fly. This is what shows in the My Dispatches page on the website or in the Flight Center screen in smartCARS 3. Dispatches or Bids are turned into Live Flights when smartCARS 3 is tracking them. A Dispatch is created by dispatching a scheduled flight, a tour leg, an event, or a charter flight.
• Live Flight - this is a flight that is being actively tracked by smartCARS 3. It is visible to others, either on the Live Flights screen in smartCARS 3 or in the various Live Flights sections on our website.