Ericthepilot

I am a professional pilot (corporate aviation) and a GA pilot. Many times you get hazed with unknown service charges in both fields. Where ever you land, what's the catch ? The one thing I do not need is a "mistake" with the Federal rules and if something makes it easier for me to escape that mistake, I''ll pay that premium. Regardless make and model you fly, the border crossing rules apply to all. I didn't create the App, or know the developer. I saw this software for the first time and Sun and Fun and I was amazed by the simplicity and convenience of the iPhone use. When I was flying people from South Florida to the Bahamas and back I spent many hours behind old windows computers trying to enter all that data and waiting for a CBP's reply for an ok. And on the return legs into South Florida if there were any additions or changes you were back at square one on filing and waiting. This new App for me is a blessing to take away the stress/time, if I just could get my grey hairs to return to the Original - pre CBP antics - color. My post was a mere suggestion. Thanks

AOPA just posted a nice review on Flashpass. I have dealt with border crossings worldwide for work for the last 35 years. And held captive of some nutter customs guy that doesn't want to accept your paperwork for what ever reason, or there were not enough dollars sitting in the paperwork. So ANY app, or smart idea that makes my life easier, I will give it a try. And if it is as good as I think it is, it will get me support. The fashion police may be out here to get me, but I do it for the good of all experience. Aviation is a naggingly expensive hobby. And if I can save time and aggravation, then so be it. Peace out.

Shalom

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Yes, I am plugging the best thing since sliced bread. All the hassles of private aviation crossing borders are greatly reduced with this app. The message is too all AVIATORS. I don't discriminate to what you fly, I do want to save time and aggravation with government websites. But let the armchair police be the better person, if aviation pilots are not there to help each other. My mooney friends can take it or leave it. Not my problem. To all others, I say: get smarter !

I live in South Florida for the last 26 years. And I have flown to the Bahamas since 1999. Mostly professional with Part 135 and Part 91 operations. And occasionally for my own pleasure. I plan to use my newly acquired Airplane to fly back to the islands often in the near future a lot. Since these days we are required to file an EApis report leaving and entering the USA, I have seen a myriad of solutions over the years, to transfer the information of aircraft, crew and passengers to the CBP for processing. Mostly cumbersome, time consuming programs at best. There are a few great service providors that will do it all for you in the GA bussiness, but they are for the large aircraft operators and they are very expensive services. These days smart phones can do nearly all aviation related tasks at a much lower cost. During the Sun and Fun last Thursday I roamed the hangars and met Arturo Guerra from http://www.FlashPass.net In all the Apps I have seen and used this one is the most user friendly by far. You will have to register with the EApis website to create your own profile.https://eapis.cbp.dhs.gov/auth/login...Feapis%2Flogin Then you create you FlashApp profile either on the website or via the App. Once that has been created you are golden. The FlashPass app (IOS or Android) will take you information and file the required EApis reports and directly emailing you the conformation back because Flashpass is a CBP approved provider directly linking your information. Your data of owner and plane is already in the App and you can file in less then a minute. No need to retype everything like on the government Eapis website. This app is great, it has a scanning function that you aim at the lower portion of the passport picture page with all those codes and the App will populate all the fields required to add that person as a passenger or crew member to the trip. That functionality makes this App the winner. Flashpass is 30 day free to use and if you sign up via Giovanna at g@lobolabs.com she will honor the Mooney space discount with the code: SNF19 that you will provide her with. With that code you will get an extra 3 months free added to your subscription when you pay for your membership. I have not seen this kind of useful application with any of the competitors, and this is much cheaper. We also get 16 months for a year subscription, so it the winnning one for me. Anyone who is into flying internationally and needs Eapis, use this one. Try it FREE for 30 days !! The owner is Arturo Guerra and can be reached at 956 948 2000 and his email is aguerra@lobolabs.com Good Luck everyone, meet me in the Bahamas ! Eric