Driftdown Software

[BlueSkyThinkingOn]

Hi all

Currently flying for a European operator who do driftdown on a case-by-case basis which limits our ability to re-route during ATC slots because of the time it takes to run the software. Software is designed by the aircraft manufacturer and requires each waypoint / route / obstacle to be manually input.

Would be interested to know what other European operators are using, I'm convinced that there is a better way than what we are using currently.

Thanks

[skabenga]

Bluesky - usually the driftdown summary is calculated within the flight planning software and should be a fairly simple automated process provided that the correct data has been loaded into the aircraft database file.

Which flight planning software provider are you currently using?

[plans123]

Are you looking for overwater driftdown calculations or terrain driftdown calculations?