A board that knows where every airplane is right now
Scheduled, dispatched, returned. The board updates itself over a live connection, so dispatch, the instructor, and the mechanic are all reading the same thing at the same moment.
Used by: Dispatch coordinators and the front desk
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What it does
Every line below is something in the product today, not on a roadmap.
The board
Every flight today with its status, aircraft, instructor, student, and time, sorted so what needs attention is at the top.
Status moves through scheduled, dispatched, and returned. A move can be undone if it was made by mistake.
Updates push over a WebSocket, so a status change on the ramp reaches the front desk without anyone refreshing.
Fleet summary alongside the flights: what is out, what is available, and what is down.
Releasing and checking in
Dispatch release records the flight plan, squawk code, and any dispatch notes against the flight.
Hobbs and tach are snapshotted at dispatch, so the flight bills against the reading it actually left with even if someone re-checks it in later.
Check-in requires the ending Hobbs and tach and refuses readings that run backward or imply more than 24 hours of flying.
Check-in writes the new readings back to the aircraft and advances its airframe time, which is what keeps the 100-hour countdown honest.
Alerts and the flight briefing
A per-flight briefing pulls current weather for the departure and arrival fields alongside the aircraft and crew.
Alerts surface aircraft coming due for inspection, scheduling conflicts on today's flights, and overdue returns; each can be resolved off the board.
Dispatch can send a message to a pilot or instructor and it is recorded against the flight.
