WSI Pilotbrief Optima

Thought I’d look at this product. There’s no pricing information anywhere that I could find. Downloaded the app and the only single option is Sign In....How? No option to sign-up, create an account, or any instructions anywhere! Even the links to the website show lots of clever software packages but nothing that actually helps someone use them.

This application continues to log me out at irregular intervals. That in and of itself isn’t that big of a deal, however when I log back in all my favorite charts are gone. I save them in a particular order for my self briefing. What’s more is that I must add the charts back in, in reverse order of viewing. There’s no function that allows shifting the order of charts saved.

Couldn’t figure out how to create a login. I just wanted to look at weather…

I am using version 2019.2.2 and it loads the last 5 hours of radar depicting data before running radar. This takes a very long time especially using the aircraft WiFi system, usually over 10 minutes. And if you change the area of depiction, it restarts the loading process. As a pilot, I do not need the previous 5 hours of data and I don’t usually have the time in flight to wait on it to load to make decisions. So using the radar in this version is worthless.

Unless you are a corporate customer, this app doesn’t work. It downloads, but unless you have the sign in information and password, no weather information is available. Don’t bother downloading this app unless you work for an airline.

The most recent update took away the passenger brief module on airport weather and now causes long (timing out) downloads resulting in incomplete weather package downloads.

Descent app. However, the last update removed one of the most useful features. The extended forecast was especially useful for extended sequence planning for packing purposes, asa well as briefing passengers and crew.

I fly corporately and used to love the app. We also use ForeFlight for aviation purposes. My favorite part of the WSI app was the multi-day forecast you can check for a 3-4 days. It was great for telling passengers what to expect and helped me for packing purposes. I also used it for baseball practices. I’m strongly considering cancelling our subscription.

Beware latest update. Crashes repeatedly and unsuitable for use. Fortunately, our charting app now has usable weather with lightning data. Also if you do get it open, multiday information gone, so knowing what is needed for a four day trip, go elsewhere. Two thumbs down.

I used it constantly. Of course we need the metars and TAFs, but let us see down the road too . Please put that back in.