I beleive that FOM 16.1.3.2 authorizes you to use this page to open the html flight plan from within Safari. However, this is just my opinion and the EFB team does not agree.
This button is for those of you who have iOS prior to 16 who have cached this page as per the instructions below.
Updated 01/28/2023 1450
Choose and load the html flight plan file:
Comments:
There are numerous other apps such as Microsoft Edge and GoodReader that will open the html flight plan, but none of them are "approved" in FOM 16.1.3.2. My favorite is Microsoft Edge because it works the way that I think Safari should work. In Edge you can just use Share (the square with the arrow coming out) and then choose Edge. I hope that these apps will be added to FOM 16.1.3.2 or approved via a bulletin.
The intitial purpose of this page was to provide a temporary solution to open the html flight plan for pilots who have updated Adobe reader on their iPad. However, the purpose has morphed to extract information from the html flight plan for pre-flight functions. These other functions include the following:
A listing of the MELs so that you can quickly copy the number and paste it into the search box of AeroDocs.
Some alternate weather links.
A feature that allows you to share the flight information with the flight attendants.
Cybersecurity statement:
This page uses html and JavaScript. Nothing is shared over the internet. In fact, this will work offline. At the risk of embarrassing myself with my poor coding, you can verify this by viewing the code. To do this, save this file on a computer and open it in a text reader such as Notepad.
Instructions:
Make sure that Block Pop-Ups is off. This can be found in the Safari section of the main settings page.
Save this page for offline use so that you can retrieve the flight plan if the tab is closed. This only needs to be done once and refreshed occasionally.
If you have iOS 16 or greater: Add this to your reading list and access it from your reading list (how to). You may need to delete it an add it back occasionally to get the latest version.
If you have iOS less than 16: Open the share icon (square with the arrow coming out) and choose Add to Homescreen. This should create a button that will allow you to access the page offline. Click the button to force a refresh occasionally when you are online.
Test whatever you do in the previously step to make sure that it works offline.
You save the file from the e-mail like you did using Adobe. However, it might be easier to save it to the "Downloads" folder.
Use the button in the top part of this page to open the file
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Accept any pop-up alerts.
Two new tabs should open. One for the flight plan and one is for an extract of data from the flight plans Unique to Safari and with no workaround that I have found, this process may appear to be stalled. You will have to go back to this main page to get the alert "This site is attempting to open a pop-up window." Choose "Allow" even if it grayed out.
Caching should work as before. If you enable caching for the flight plan, make changes like highlighting or times entry, the cached version should load if you reload the same flight plan.
note: This should work in other browsers such as Chrome, but they are not listed in 16.1.3.2. As a bonus for using Safari, you can search for text within the flight plan by typing a search term in the URL box. Scroll down to find the "On This Page" section.