Originally Posted by
kcockayne
(you could use a flight number on repetitive flight plans, but using registrations was much more problematic).
Yes, RPL's as the stored flight plans were commonly known. I'm trying to picture the frantic activity that B.E.A. flight ops must have been every night shift pre-computerisation, with 200+ flight plans (including return sectors) to file manually just for their 1st wave flights. Then resubmitting them every time there was an aircraft change. Maybe they used a standardised flight plan form for each destination which just needed the registration box completing. If anyone can shed any light on how they managed please do.