2025-01-19 - Initial V2 Release

This update is a major update to the website that fundamentally changes all systems away from the VaBase foundation and onto a fully custom-built solution. 

Users can expect to notice the following changes, fixes, and improvements:

General

• Significantly faster page loads due to local data instead of remote data
• Improved alignment of data tables
• Harmonized icons for pilots, aircraft, countries for ICAO codes, airlines, etc
• Longer session timeouts to limit having to re-login as often
• Times will be displayed in your local timezone (this is best-effort and relies on your computer's timezone being set properly)
• Live Flights listing displays if a flight is related to a schedule, tour leg, event, or a charter. This persists throughout the site, in your logbook, dispatched flights, etc.
• Hubs pages updated with more stats about the pilots and the airport itself
• Airports databases with over 80,000 airports pulling data from OpenAIP and OurAirports
• Removed performance score, XP, and money from system
• Stylized routes across site
• Flight using smarCARS 3 can now be paused without causing any trouble for the pilot or staff. Duration will be measured appropriately.

Tours

• Tours can be sorted by group and alphabetical, by popularity, and by rating
• Introduced the ability for pilots to rate tours once they have completed 20% of the tour
• Pilots can provide feedback to staff for tours, once completed
• Tours can be filtered by In Progress, Completed, or Not Started
• Tour legs can be dispatched from the tour page if eligible
• Tour legs listing highlights completed legs more distinctly
• Tour map displays completed legs in green colour vs red/grey

Events

• New Events calendar displaying all events
  
• Events are grouped by category
• Event flights can only be dispatched between the start and end date of the event
• Flightplan download

Awards

• Awards now have an associated rarity based on how many pilots have been granted the award
  

Dispatches

• Pilots may dispatch as many flights as they like at any time
• Dispatched flights not started within 48 hours are removed
• New My Dispatches page that aligns with what's visible in smartCARS 3
• Allow dispatching via website or smartCARS 3
• Allows deleting of dispatched flights

Charters

• Simpler charter flight creation via website or smartCARS 3. Functionality is identical between the two.
  

Pilot Profile

• Added flight activity chart of recent flights

Pilot Logbook

• Added tour progress section