Lars Hansen

Actually, EFB doesn't create flight-plans. And in all fairness, it's not supposed to. EFB is a tool for the pilot to keep situational awareness (and to help us lesser mortals from getting lost at KJFK), and it does that job superbly, but a flight-planner it's not. If it was, there would be little need for its internal links to rFinder. PFPX, on the other hand, is a wonderful flight-planner, but it does nothing for you once the flight is started. Two different tools with two different uses. Comparing them is like comparing a crowbar with a fountain-pen. As for PFPX, I'd say it's not for the casual simmer, especially if you already own something like FSC9 or FSBuild. It has a mind-numbing range of things it can do, but most of them will never be used by those who merely went to strap in and go. It is, on the other hand, an excellent tool for e.g. VAs, since it can keep an entire database of flights stored, each set with a specific plane in the VA fleet. After that, it is merely a question of letting it check the entire route-database against the new AIRACs to spot errors, or let you update your fleet without necessarily changing your flight-schedule. You can keep a Winter/Summer database and switch between them in no time, and on and on...... And of course, it's a wonderful toy for the geeks among us who can't resist anything new and shiny. :lol: Cheers, Lars