Long lists get easier to work with once they are in the right order. Every flight list in StaffTraveler has its own sort button, marked with the up-and-down arrows icon next to the list title. The Requests tab and the Loads tab offer different options because you are doing different things on each.
The sort button highlights whenever a list is on something other than its usual order, so you can tell at a glance that a list is sorted your way.
Changing the order of a list
Each list has its own button, so pick the list you want to reorder.
The up-and-down arrows icon sits to the right of the title.
Tap the one you want. The sheet closes and the list reorders straight away.
Sorting on the Requests tab
The Requests tab is where you answer requests from colleagues at your airline. Its sort sheet is titled 'Sort requests'.
Open requests for your airline
The list of requests waiting for an answer, headed 'Open … requests', offers four options:
'Priority' is the standard order. Priority Requests come first, then the rest by departure time. Leave it here if you want to help the members who need an answer most urgently, and earn double Points while you do.
'Departure time' sorts flights by departure time, placing the soonest at the top. Handy when you want to answer the requests that are about to become useless to the member who posted them.
'Route' groups the list by departure airport, then by arrival airport. Useful when you have one route open in your airline system and want to answer everything on it in one go.
'Flight number' orders by flight number. The quickest way to work through a list is to look up flights by number.
Priority Requests and answered requests
The 'Priority Requests' list and the 'Answered … requests' list offer three options:
'Departure time', which carries a UTC badge and sorts by departure time in UTC. This is the standard order for these lists.
'Route', grouped by departure and arrival airport.
'Flight number'.
Sorting on the Loads tab
The Loads tab holds the flights you are traveling on. 'Pinned flights' and 'Your requests' each have their own sort button, and so do your flight search results. The sheet here is titled 'Sort by' and offers seven options:
'Departure time' is the standard order, using each flight's local departure time. The natural choice when you are working through a travel day in order.
'Arrival time', using local arrival time. Useful when what matters is being somewhere by a certain hour rather than leaving at one.
'Departure time' with a UTC badge, which sorts by departure time in UTC. Reach for this when your flights cross time zones and you want them in true chronological order.
'Arrival time' with a UTC badge, the same idea for arrivals.
'Duration' sorts flights by shortest duration first. A quick way to spot the least painful option on a long connection day.
'Airline' groups all flights by airline, then by departure time. Helpful when you have listing options with more than one carrier.
'Route' groups by departure airport, then by arrival airport, then by departure time. Good for comparing every option on the same city pair.
Grouping connecting flights
The 'Sort by' sheet on 'Pinned flights' and 'Your requests' also holds a 'Group connecting flights' switch. With it on, the legs of a connection sit together as one item instead of being scattered through the list by their departure times. Turn it off to see every leg as a separate flight.
Your choice is remembered
Each list keeps its own setting, and the app remembers it the next time you open StaffTraveler. Sorting 'Your requests' by airline leaves 'Pinned flights' exactly as it was, and the same goes for each list on the Requests tab.