Well, in my world I donˋt have time to plan a flight.
The call comes in, either me - or when I ˋm the Copilot, my college rush to the helicopter and start it, while the Copilot collects further details on the mission.
So most preflight planning is done at the beginning of the shift, for an area about 60 miles around station.
I use an App for Notams, which shows the new ones, after the last collection, in a different color, so checking doesn’t take that long.
(VFRiNOTAM von ifos GmbH
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/vfri...386986079?mt=8 only Germany, Switzerland)
Nice feature of the app, a mapview is incorporated so a check, where a special event takes place is easy.
What is a pain in the a.. are the obstacle lighting warnings.
So many windmills, where the lights don’t work - for long time. Page over page useless information, I have to look out anyway. (and even with working lights, the new led type ones have a wave length, not supporting NVGs.....