Bid Central Revision 47 Information Download Update
IMPORTANT: This update changes how you drag and drop trips in the Ramjet. There was an issue where when you click on a trip in the list it wouldn't actually be selected because
BC was mistaking this click for drag operation. Now to drag and drop a trip, you have to press "Shift-Click" while holding to drag the trip onto the calendar. With this change, when
you simply click on a pairing number in the list, that pairing will be properly selected and the op days updated on the SG Calendar.
Fixes a couple of issues in the Warpdrive:
1) Fixes an error that occurred when displaying bookmarked pairings from within the Warpdrive.
2) Fixes an issue that could cause multiple information messages to appear after starting the Warpdrive when days off were previously selected in the Ramjet or
Ramjet Warpdrive. You'll now see this message only once on startup if days off were already selected.
I highly recommend that you experiment with the Warpdrive as it generates extremely compact and powerful bidscripts that encompass the schedules you want to bid.
Since BC can no longer upload Bidscripts automatically, this makes the whole bidding process much faster and easier.
If you are wondering why BC can't upload bids automatically, the application that I used to implement this is no longer supported and NavBlue was significantly changed
thus essentially breaking the bid upload programming. That was a sad day for me because it took a tremendous effort to get working.
Since I no longer have access to NavBlue (I'm retired) I don't have the ability to program using other options that might work. That is why
I recommend trying the Warpdrive, as the bids it creates are much shorter and more concise while remaining encompassing.
Bid Central Revision 46 Information Download Update
Rev 46: Improves date selection when selecting a filtered date range in the PFL (last selection option in drop down)
Rev 45: Keeps the checkbox setting you select (after leaving the screen) in the Manual Add Pairings Form for discarding pairings after add.
Rev 44: Ensures that when you add pairings to the PFL, the flight segments are ordered by date/segment number. This ordering is enforced no
matter what date sequence you add pairings to the PFL.
Rev 43: If you right-click on the date field in the first segment of a manually added pairing, the date select calendar will pop up to select a date
Rev 42: Automatically figures out the date for the next flight segment based upon the ground time of the previous flight segment
when adding a manual pairing in the PFL
Rev 41 fixes a bug when adding manual pairings to the PFL
1) Improves the Layover Analysis Screen. The layover dates selected will now be fully reflected in the selected pairing op dates.
Previously only the first date (of the checked dates) was being selected. There is still an issue with the layover date if the
Pairing departs as a redeye and arrives the following day (e.g. JFK-EZE). Since the layover day is the first day of the trip
the layover analysis considers the layover to be on that day instead of the actual arrival day (e.g. Fri instead of Sat).
2) Updates actual (From ICrew) flown pairing processing in the Pilot Flight Log and now allows editing of the following fields:
Date, Pairing Credit, Equip (Equip is a new field that you have to enter yourself... e.g. 320, 321, 319)
Properly captures the pairing credit which was an issue due to a format change I didn't know about.
Updates the date range for filters.
Adds new stats for layovers and equipment. You must enter the equipment manually on each flight segment.
3) Adds a new button in the Pilot Flight Log that when clicked opens a window which allows you to enter pairings manually.
Enter that Pairing number box at the top of the screen. When you leave that box, all pairing numbers will be copied to empty segments
Right-clicking on the following fields will copy the field entry just above it: Date, Flt #, Acft #, Equip
You can scroll the mouse wheel either up or down to increase or decrease the date in the date field.
Shift-Click (left click) will also increase the date by one day with each click.
Layovers are automatically detected based upon the ground time, but you can change as needed.
Right-clicking the layover field copies the arrival city into that field. This occurs automatically if a layover is detected.
You must enter the pairing credit before BC will allow you to transfer the new pairing into the PFL. If it's a hardfly pairing
you can simply press the [Calc] button to calculate the total credit automatically.
Bid Central Revision 38 Information Download Update
1) Fixes a pairing processing error that could materialize when processing pairings.
2) Fixes an missing files problem in the date-time calculator
Bid Central Revision 37 Information Download Update
Fixes an error condition that occurs when selecting year 2026.
Adds Bid-month dates for 2026.
Includes a new and improved Date-Time Calculator
Bid Central Revision 36 Information Download Update
Fixes a problem with the aphorisms display screen and adding aphorisms to the f/a briefing form.
Bid Central Revision 31 Information Download Update
Fixed a problem processing pairings due to a slight change in the pairing format for trip operating dates.
Bid Central Revision 30 Information Download Update (Link to Download SoftmicaCalc)
Fixes a problem where the bid month dates were not being automatically added to the Flight Calendar in year 2025 and greater.
Bid Central Revision 29 Information Download Update (Link to Download SoftmicaCalc)
Fixes a problem that could occur when starting BC in the new year (2025)
Bid Central Revision 28 Information Download Update (Link to Download SoftmicaCalc)
- Fixes a problem with the help file not appearing when you press the F1 key. Note that one some computers you will need to press fn-F1 together to activate F1.
- Fixes an error condition that could occur when selecting "Calc" in the DT Calculator.
Bid Central Revision 27 Information Download Update
Fixes a problem unzipping the "pairings.zip" file downloaded from Delta.
Bid Central Revision 26 Information Download Update
The wizards at Delta changed the pairing format for August which broke the part of BC pairing processing that determines the operating
days/dates for each pairing. This update fixes that issue including for transition pairings.
Bid Central Revision 25 Information
- Fixes a problem finding the pairings file from the unzipped files. This is due to Delta having changed the heading line in the pairings file.
- Adds Bid Month dates for years 2024 and 2025
- Fixes a problem that could occur if you use the date calculator and subsequently change months or try to open the Ramjet or Warpdrive.
- Fixes a problem selecting the year 2024 in the "Add Pairings from Icrew" screen in the Pilot Logbook
Bid Central Revision 24 Information
- Fixes a problem finding the pairings file from the unzipped files. This is due to Delta changing the heading line in the file.
- Adds Bid Month dates for years 2024 and 025
Bid Central Revision 23 Information
- Fixes an error condition that could occur if you open the date calculator and change important dates
- Fixes a problem with a missing file that could cause and error condition when opening some windows.
- Web links now work again using the Microsoft Edge browser.
- Adds aphorisms
Bid Central Revision 22 Information
- Delta changed the pairing format for May 2023 due to the new contract. This broke BC pairing processing. This update fixes that issue.
- Fixes a problem where if you use the up and down arrows to change schedule credit values in the ramjet, those values wouldn't be retained after closing the Ramjet.
- Improves the function of the date-time calculator
Bid Central Revision 20 features and fixes
- New Date/Time Calculator- available in "Select" menu.
- New Date Calculator- available in "Select" menu.
- Flight Schedule Calendar prints correctly using the [Print FC] Button.
- HTML Flight Schedule Calendar now works correctly with modern web browsers.
- Bug Fix in Warpdrive which would prevent conforming pairings from being recognized correctly. I highly recommend users who fly only trips on certain days of the month to start using the Warpdrive. It creates very compact, efficient, and correct bids that you can enter quickly. It's best for people who aren't senior in their category.
- Bug Fix in Ramjet legality checking logic which could result in a legality being triggered when it shouldn't have been.
- Fixes a problem adding important dates to the Flight Schedule Calendar. If you check the delete mark to the left of the important date, BC will remove that event from the FSC. There was also a problem that could cause duplicate events to be put on the FSC. The problem is corrected.
- Ability to now display the time between each adjacent trip in ramjet schedules. You can leave the window open and the information will change automatically as schedules change.
- Updates Bidmonth dates for 2023.
- Fixes a problem displaying the calendar date select in the Pairing Processing Form when entering Bid Month dates.
- Fixes an issue in which some messages would not be displayed on top where they could be seen.
- Updates logic to show all holidays through year 2028 on FC and all SG Calendars.
- Updates the pay comparison calculator with C2023 pay rates, and eliminates the previous pay comparison calculators.
- Updates all base/aircraft combinations in user profile, and will select the latest pay rate if you select [Update Pay Rate].p
- Adds up/down buttons next to the drop-down buttons for schedule hourly range selection in the Ramjet.
- Changes the way the next and prev arrow buttons work in the selected pattern screen so that clicking next from the last pairing will go to the first pairing and vice-versa.
Please note that there is a chance to get Send-It-Up working again to upload bids automatically. Will be conducting a test in Feb to see if it works. It appears that he latest "player" license key is now free for all subscribers with the updated version because there will no longer be updates to IMacros. Still hoping the latest update will allow SIU to work with NavBlue.
