I've been using the iPad version for a little more than a month now and am generally very impressed. There is one thing I can't find though: is there a way to see the Actual Time of Departure after take-off? It's not in the live PLOG (only times over route waypoints). Obviously I can find it in the flight log after landing, but it would be nice to see it while still airborne.

That sounds like a good plan, Tim. I was just wondering if it wouldn't be confusing to have the entire column in a separate color. Why not only the cells that can still change, i.e., the ones in the future? That would focus the pilot's attention on exactly the area that have changing values based on the progress of the flight.



I think that would be a good idea. I believe that the PLOG offers the most potential for future development and might very well turn out to look quite different from the static sheet it is now. Here is my take on the frequency section:

Every frequency (nav or comm) belongs to a particular leg, which is the leg on which you actually want to have this frequency tuned in on your radio. Therefore I wonder if it wouldn't  be better to have a nav and comm frequency column, respectively rather than a separate section somewhere else on the PLOG. Everything pertaining to a particular leg would then be in the very line representing this leg.

I am aware that screen area is limited and with it the number of columns that can be displayed comfortably. You'd have to come up with a way of hiding and showing columns or making specific information available if you do a long tap on a leg. On the other hand, the spreadsheet might well extend past the right display border and you simply pan right (such as when you pan the map around) to see the rest.

I hope you find this discussion useful, -- Chris.