AerScheduler vs FlightLogger
A modern alternative to FlightLogger
The clearest difference shows up when the school grows. FlightLogger prices on active students and operational flights, so a bigger intake costs more; AerScheduler charges for aircraft and nothing else, so it does not. Moving is not a project either. We help get your data across and set the school up with you, and you can run both systems until the change has stuck.
$20/aircraft/mo · 14-day trial · No credit card · No sales call
Switching, without the project
The reason schools stay somewhere they have outgrown is rarely the software. It is the week they imagine losing to moving. Here is what actually happens.
A person moves your data, not an importer
Export what you can out of FlightLogger and we get it into AerScheduler with you. Odd formats and missing fields become a conversation rather than a dead end, because a human is doing it.
We set the school up with you
Aircraft, rates, instructors, permissions and booking rules, configured with the team that builds the product. On a call if you want one, and never as a condition of signing up.
Keep both running until you are ready
Nothing forces a cutover date. Run FlightLogger alongside AerScheduler and stop using it when the front desk stops opening it, which is usually the moment you know.
Nothing to sign, nothing locked in
14 days free and no card to start. Every report exports to CSV, so the answer to "what if we change our mind" is a download rather than a support ticket.
Product preview
Add the whole school. The bill does not move.
Students, instructors, renters, dispatchers, technicians, office staff. Invite as many as you like, set what each role can do, and pay for aircraft only.
Organization
People
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Why schools move
- Your software cost stops depending on how busy you are
- One published number: $20 per aircraft per month
- Every user is included, so nobody is left off the system to save money
- Self-serve signup, no quote and no discovery call
What a fixed price actually buys you
The whole school sees the same schedule, immediately
A booking change reaches every browser and phone in the school as it happens, so the front desk, the instructor walking to the ramp and the student at home are never looking at three different versions of today.
Scheduling & DispatchSimulators and classrooms cost nothing
They are first-class resources on the dispatch board, bookable like any tail, and they never appear on your bill. You pay $20 per aircraft and nothing else, however many people you invite.
PricingThe flight closes itself out into an invoice
Ramp in with Hobbs, tach and fuel, and the invoice drafts from the rates already on the tail. No export, no second system, no evening spent reconciling the day's flying against the schedule.
BillingOne reservation can hold several people, and several invoices
A ground-school class, two pilots sharing a cross-country, a checkride with an examiner. Split the cost per head, by logged time, or in shares you set, and everyone gets their own invoice.
Split billingThe tail goes out on Friday and comes back Sunday
Multi-day trips are one reservation across nights, with an overnight minimum you set per aircraft or school-wide, so a weekend rental does not need a manual invoice and a mental note.
Multi-day rentalsSide-by-side
FlightLogger is a trademark of its owner. Rows describe what each product publishes; "not published" means we could not confirm it, not that it is absent.
When we may not be the right fit
- You train under EASA rules and need reporting built around them. We are built for FAA Part 61 and Part 141 operations
- You run a multi-base academy and need a single deployment across several countries
- You need a workflow or integration we do not cover yet
Common questions
- Does AerScheduler charge per student?
- No. AerScheduler charges $20 per aircraft per month and nothing else. Students, instructors, renters, dispatchers and office staff are all included at no extra cost.
- How much does FlightLogger cost?
- FlightLogger publishes a usage-based model rather than a price: a platform package plus active-student and operational-flight fees, quoted per school. No dollar figures are published, so none are quoted here.
- What happens to my bill if the school grows?
- Nothing, unless you add aircraft. Doubling your student intake does not change what you pay, which is the main practical difference between the two pricing models.
- Is AerScheduler built for FAA or EASA training?
- FAA. AerScheduler is built for Part 61 and Part 141 operations in the United States. If you train under EASA rules and need reporting built around them, FlightLogger is likely the better fit.
Try AerScheduler on your own fleet
Add a tail, put a flight on the board, ramp it in and watch the invoice draft itself. 14 days, no credit card, no sales call.
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