Inflight rest, worked out in seconds.
Deck Rest splits the rest window on a long flight between 3 or 4 pilots, with handover briefings in between, so everyone gets a fair share of rest and nobody has to do the sums at altitude.
What it does
Equal rest periods
Enter the flight time, or the landing time, and the takeoff time, choose where rest starts, and Deck Rest shares the window between the crew. With 4 pilots they rest as two teams.
Handover briefings
A briefing of 5 to 30 minutes sits between rest periods, and every handover can have its own time. Give each pilot one, two or three rests, and set the return to the flight deck before landing.
Return to the flight deck early
Let the last pilot, or each of the two pilots of the last team, come back earlier or later than the rest. Each gets their own box with their own times and Wake Up Alarm. Everyone else keeps their full rest.
Fixed Rest and Dynamic Rest
Fixed Rest gives the exact times. Dynamic Rest puts every rest start and end on a 5-minute mark of the clock, so a plan reads 18:45 to 22:50 instead of 18:42 to 22:49.
EASA and FAA minimum rest
Optionally check each rest against the minimum for the rest facility class and the maximum duty period, under EASA ORO FTL or FAA FAR FTL, with a warning when planned rest is too short.
FAA start of duty and airports
With FAA rules the Flight page has a one-line Start of duty row. Type the time in UTC or local time and choose the departure airport by its ICAO code: you see the IATA code, name, country and time zone, and the local offset is set for you, summer time included. Keep your own list of favourite airports, in the order you like.
Actual or Planned takeoff
Use Actual for the real takeoff, or switch to Planned to plan ahead. A planned rest is clearly marked on the Rest page and on the report, so it is never mistaken for actual times. No takeoff time? Use the landing time and Start of rest Now.
Adjust, reorder, report
Lock and unlock pilots to move time between them and drag a rest block to change who rests when. Open the Report page to see the plan, view it full size, and share it as a PDF or a picture.
Wake Up Alarm
Every rest block shows when to set the alarm for that pilot or team: 10 minutes before the rest ends, in UTC and local time. It is on the report too.
Automatic takeoff time
Tap AUTO TAKEOFF and the GPS registers the takeoff when your ground speed passes 100 knots, then calculates the plan. It keeps working with the screen off. No location data ever leaves your phone.
Short on time
With less than 45 minutes available nobody is assigned rest. When there is not enough for everyone, rest is given in list order, 45 minutes each, and an amber window explains.
Keep and save your settings
Choose what NEW FLIGHT keeps: names, rest periods, facility, handover, return to flight deck, regulatory choice and start of rest altitude. Save your presets once and put them back with one press after an update.
Times in UTC or local
Switch the Rest page between UTC and Departure Airport Time, with a clock face showing each pilot's rest. Change the offset by hand for Adjusted Time, or choose Fixed and type an ICAO airport code to follow that airport's time, summer time included.
Good to know
- Built for pilots, with a dark cockpit-style look that is easy on the eyes in a dim flight deck.
- Works without a network connection. Nothing you enter, and no location data, leaves your phone.
- iPhone and iPad, iOS 17 or later.
Deck Rest is a planning aid. It is not a regulatory compliance check. Always follow your operator's approved procedures and flight time limitations.