What is the relationship between SafelogWeb and the Safelog PC logbook program?

A. SafelogWeb is a web-based portal (www.safelogweb.com) that allows pilots to log their flights while away from their main PCs. Information about flights, aircraft, and related matters are synchronized between the Safelog Web and Safelog for PC so that you can access your information anywhere.

At present, SafelogWeb is not a stand-alone logbook solution, though over time it is our intention to develop SafelogWeb so that it is usable completely independently of the Safelog for PC program. At present, however, most of the computation and analysis is done on the PC and sent to SafelogWeb when the PC and Web versions are synched, which for most users we expect to be each time they start Safelog PC on an internet-enabled PC

As of this writing, SafelogWeb supports all of the basic logging features. This means that you can log flights, manage your aircraft and contacts, and so on. You will find the interface to be pleasantly similar to Safelog for PC, so the amount of learning required to use SafelogWeb will be negligible.

At present, a few peripheral features of Safelog PC are not supported in Safelog web. For example, we don’t currently sync your photos with Safelog for web, as we have yet to establish policy for large amounts of data (as you can imagine, some users have many gigabytes of photos, which is not yet practical to have on Safelog web for a number of reasons)

At present, there are no such “multiuser” or “group” features in SafelogWeb. However, this is high on our priority list of things to implement in the not too distant future. Specifically, we hope to support functionality such as:

• Instructors being able to log in and see and comment on their student flights
• Employers being able to see employee data for reasons of checking currency and similar things. This will be implemented with a comprehensive set of permissions so that the individual pilot will have control over exactly what an employer may be able to see. For example, some pilots might not mind their employees seeing their whole logbook. Others may want to give the employer access to only certain summary (report) data, only data within some time period, or only for some specific aircraft registrations
• Co-users of an aircraft will be able to see just the flights for a given aircraft registration. This will be particularly useful to help accounting matters for particular aircraft.

At present, the “calendar view” of Safelog for PC has rather limited support in SafelogWeb. However, this is another area that is slated for significant expansion as SafelogWeb expands. For example, we plan to support:

• Direct impotaton from airline scheduling systems, so that airline pilots will be able to transform flights from their corporate system directly into logged flights with only a few clicks.
• Shared-resource scheduling, such as for a partnership or flying club. We hope to do this by some combination of creating an organic scheduling solution and/or partnering with existing scheduling providers.

A full range of flight experience and approach reports are available through SafelogWeb. This ensures that you can always get up-to-the minute reports wherever you are. This is particularly helpful, for example, if you're on the road and want to print out a copy that is current as of your latest flight of your recent flight experience.

Can I log via my GPRS-enabled PDA or mobile internet device?

There are two ways to do this:

• some BlackBerry™ users can use their device's built-in web browser to browser directly to the Safelog.web page and log directly there. This method works on a limited number of BlackBerry devices (due to BlackBerry™ limitations) and requires an active internet connection. However, this may not work on your particular BlackBerry for the simple reason that your BlackBerry's™ built-in web browser might not be able to adequately render the rather complex web pages of SafelogWeb. If this applies to you...
• most blackberry users, however, should prefer to use the Safelog for BlackBerry™ client, which works as a program on your BlackBerry™. This has the advantage of being snappier to use and requires no internet connection (so you can use it in the cockpit or on the bus to the hotel without limitations). When you’re in internet / service range, you can sync the BlackBerry™ with SafelogWeb.

In either case, flights logged via your BlackBerry™ will go first to Safelog.web and then to SafelogPC. Click here to learn more about Safelog for BlackBerry™.

Does it matter whether I have Safelog FAA or Safelog JAA / Canada / Australia?

Further questions? Please visit our helpdesk www.dauntless-soft.com/helpdesk. We will be expanding this FAQ over time.