In most cases, we, as pilots, will need to enter the same value for several types of flight time, and these will be the same for a certain phase of our flying. For example, a student will most likely be entering the same values for Total Time and Dual Received on every flight, at least until they start flying solo. On the other hand, most airline pilots will be entering either PIC/P1 or SIC/P2 on every flight, so why should they have to type it in every time they enter a flight? They don't if they're using LogTen, of course.
On iOS, go to More > Settings > Time Calculations > Auto-Fill Times. You can then select/deselect all the fields you would like to auto-fill.In addition, once Total Time has been logged, you can quickly add time to other fields based on Total Time using the "USE" blue box, which will auto-fill that time to the field in question:
Now, whenever the Total Time value is changed, either by typing in a new value or by changing the Actual Departure or Actual Arrival times the ticked times will be updated as well. When you make that first solo, or get that sweet airline job you've worked so hard for, just go back to the Time tab and change it as needed.
These times will populate in the background even if you do not have them set to display in your logbook. So if PIC is set to auto-fill, and you do not have the PIC time field displayed in your logbook, the time will still populate in the background. Displaying or not displaying your times does not affect the auto-fill functioning.
Night is the exception
The only time field that does not auto-fill from Total time is Night. Night is calculated from the Out & In time fields only. So in order for Night to auto-fill you must log Out & In times.
In most cases, we, as pilots, will need to enter the same value for several types of flight time, and these will be the same for a certain phase of our flying. For example, a student will most likely be entering the same values for Total Time and Dual Received on every flight, at least until they start flying solo. On the other hand, most airline pilots will be entering either PIC/P1 or SIC/P2 on every flight, so why should they have to type it in every time they enter a flight? They don't if they're using LogTen, of course.
On Mac, go to the Preferences menu and select the Time tab. This tab displays all of the available time fields, and an auto-fill from total time checkbox for each. Tick the box under the fields you would like to be automatically updated when the total time changes (you can always override the value if you want it to be different from the total time).
In addition, it is also possible to quickly add time based on Total Time, which has not been previously auto-filled. To do this, all that is needed is to select the flight (or the flights), head to the right-side pane, click on the time that needs to be updated, and tap the space bar. Voilà!
You'll see in the gif below that, once the flights are selected, all that is needed is to select the time field, press the space bar, and the time will show automatically. This even works with Checkboxes!:
Comments
Are you guys gonna add a “scan” feature to read and autofill the OOOI times from the acars? That would be most helpful
Hi darioalfieri
Thanks for the suggestion! We love feedback from customers and I've noted your request.
Yes please scanning OOOI with the camera would be great.
+1 I'd love this feature too
YES! Let me scan the FMS Trip Page and let it enter my times!
Scars imports it’s a must, please add this function. Currently LogTen is lacking a daily import function for flight which many other logbooks have.
Hi marcoponti.td5
Please submit a support request for ACARS import. They can make sure it gets logged appropriately. Thanks for the feedback
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