# Flight Types

Company-specific flight type definitions. Used to classify flights by purpose and determine logbook time allocation.

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## Flight Classification Values

| Value   | Description       |
| ------- | ----------------- |
| `pic`   | Pilot in Command  |
| `copic` | Copilot           |
| `fi`    | Flight Instructor |
| `dual`  | Dual              |
| `none`  | None              |

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## List Flight Types

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `/flight_types/index.json`

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `/flight_types/index/true.json`

List active (non-deleted) flight types for the company, ordered by `order` field. Pass `true` to filter only types with `booking: true`.

#### Response

```json
{
  "flightTypes": [
    {
      "FlightType": {
        "id": "5",
        "company_id": "42",
        "name": "Training",
        "color": "#3498db",
        "booking": true,
        "order": "0",
        "deleted": false
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

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## List Flight Types (Manager)

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `/flight_types/manager_index.json`

List all flight types including soft-deleted ones. Intended for management views.

#### Response

Same structure as `index`, includes all records regardless of `deleted` status.

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## View Flight Type

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `/flight_types/view/{id}.json`

Retrieve a single flight type by ID.

#### Path Parameters

| Parameter | Type   | Description    |
| --------- | ------ | -------------- |
| id        | number | Flight type ID |

#### Response

```json
{
  "result": {
    "FlightType": {
      "id": "5",
      "company_id": "42",
      "name": "Training",
      "color": "#3498db",
      "booking": true,
      "order": "0",
      "deleted": false
    }
  }
}
```

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## Create Flight Type

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/flight_types/manager_add.json`

Create a new flight type. Also returns the `flightClassification` reference data.

#### Request Body

| Field                        | Type    | Required | Description                      |
| ---------------------------- | ------- | -------- | -------------------------------- |
| FlightType.name              | string  | Yes      | Display name                     |
| FlightType.color             | string  | No       | Hex color code                   |
| FlightType.booking           | boolean | No       | Available for booking scheduling |
| FlightType.pic\_flight\_time | string  | No       | PIC time classification key      |
| FlightType.sic\_flight\_time | string  | No       | SIC time classification key      |

#### Response

```json
{
  "result": true,
  "flightClassification": {
    "pic": "Pilot in Command",
    "copic": "Copilot",
    "fi": "Flight Instructor",
    "dual": "Dual",
    "none": "None"
  }
}
```

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## Edit Flight Type

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/flight_types/manager_edit/{id}.json`

<mark style="color:orange;">`PUT`</mark> `/flight_types/manager_edit/{id}.json`

Update a flight type. A `GET` to this endpoint returns the current record data plus usage count.

#### Path Parameters

| Parameter | Type   | Description    |
| --------- | ------ | -------------- |
| id        | number | Flight type ID |

#### Request Body (POST/PUT)

Same fields as create, wrapped under `FlightType`.

#### Response (POST/PUT)

```json
{
  "result": true,
  "message": "The flight type has been saved."
}
```

#### Response (GET)

```json
{
  "flights": 42,
  "flightClassification": { ... }
}
```

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## Delete Flight Type

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/flight_types/manager_delete/{id}.json`

<mark style="color:red;">`DELETE`</mark> `/flight_types/manager_delete/{id}.json`

Soft-delete a flight type (sets `deleted = 1`). Only flight types belonging to the authenticated company can be deleted.

#### Path Parameters

| Parameter | Type   | Description    |
| --------- | ------ | -------------- |
| id        | number | Flight type ID |

#### Response

```json
{
  "result": true
}
```

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## Reorder Flight Types

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/flight_types/manager_reorder.json`

Set the display order of flight types. Restricted to managers (`user_group_id ≤ 110`).

#### Request Body

| Field | Type  | Required | Description                                       |
| ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| items | array | Yes      | Array of flight type IDs in desired display order |

#### Response

```json
{
  "result": true
}
```


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