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A captain discovered during preflight that his company issued ipad's pilot mobile app had signed his flight's release before he had examined the flight plan. Upon further examination; the flight plan and release for his flight that day was for that flight two days prior with his information.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1288365 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electronic Flt Bag (EFB) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 12500 Flight Crew Type 4100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Flight planning for flight airport ZZZ-ZZZ1 on the company pilot mobile app on my company ipad. I signed in to pilot mobile; selected flight xx; and signed off as fit for duty. I was selecting flight plan; and noticed that a flight plan was already displayed without me having to go to the flight plan manager. When I scrolled through to look at the flight plan; I noticed that the flight was signed off with my name and ZZZ1. I had not logged into the system to even look at the flight plan let alone accept the release. My first officer said he hadn't gone in to the system yet; and I called dispatch and they said they hadn't signed it off either. In fact; they hadn't generated a flight plan yet. So I looked again and noticed that the flight was from ZZZ-ZZZ1 but it was for august X... Today is august X+2. I had noticed yesterday that one of my flights was signed off without me looking at it yet; but I thought the dispatcher had done it because I had trouble logging in; and had called to talk to them. It appears that somehow pilot mobile and/or sabre is automatically signing my release for me. And I have no idea why the flight plan for a flight 2 days from now automatically propagated to my pilot mobile app. I finally was able to get the correct flight plan and signed it off in sabre and we departed without incident. But good thing I noticed....
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Captain discovered during preflight that his company issued iPad's Pilot Mobile APP had signed his flight's release before he had examined the flight plan. Upon further examination; the flight plan and release for his flight that day was for that flight two days prior with his information.
Narrative: Flight planning for flight airport ZZZ-ZZZ1 on the company Pilot Mobile App on my Company iPad. I signed in to Pilot Mobile; selected flight XX; and signed off as Fit For Duty. I was selecting flight plan; and noticed that a flight plan was already displayed without me having to go to the flight plan manager. When I scrolled through to look at the flight plan; I noticed that the flight was signed off with my name and ZZZ1. I had not logged into the system to even look at the flight plan let alone accept the release. My First Officer said he hadn't gone in to the system yet; and I called dispatch and they said they hadn't signed it off either. In fact; they hadn't generated a flight plan yet. So I looked again and noticed that the flight was from ZZZ-ZZZ1 but it was for August X... today is August X+2. I had noticed yesterday that one of my flights was signed off without me looking at it yet; but I thought the dispatcher had done it because I had trouble logging in; and had called to talk to them. It appears that somehow Pilot Mobile and/or Sabre is automatically signing my release for me. And I have no idea why the flight plan for a flight 2 days from now automatically propagated to my Pilot Mobile App. I finally was able to get the correct flight plan and signed it off in Sabre and we departed without incident. But good thing I noticed....
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