I made it work, thank you, indeed, permissions were the reason
however now I am facing another issue, log is showing the following errors
09-14 00:44:37|INFO; Setting flight phase to Boarding
09-14 00:44:39|ERROR; uri=/api/pireps/9lyY6m8jq2e2jRBw/acars/positions
09-14 00:44:39|ERROR; error=App\Events\AcarsUpdate::__construct(): Argument #2 ($acars) must be of type App\Models\Acars, null given, called in /home/flyatlas/public_html/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AcarsController.php on line 212
09-14 00:44:39|ERROR; code=503
any idea how I can fix this issue? thank you DH, you're a life saver.