AerScheduler vs Talon Systems
Talon Systems builds ETA for university aviation programs and large academies, sold through a demo and configured to the organization. That is a real fit for an operation with a procurement process. If you are an independent school or club with a handful of aircraft, AerScheduler is the other end of the market: $20 per aircraft, published, and running the same afternoon you sign up.
$20/aircraft/mo · 14-day trial · No credit card · No sales call
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Utilization, revenue, instructor activity, receivables. Filter it, save it, and click any figure to open the report behind it.
Insights
Overview
Billed
Jul 2–Jul 31
$86,015
+8%
Collected
Jul 2–Jul 31
$59,716
+5%
Flown
Jul 2–Jul 31
255.9 h
+13%
Revenue this week
Jul 24–Jul 31 · pinned
$17,370
+9%
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Why schools move
- You want to evaluate the software by using it, not by sitting through a demo
- The price is published and does not depend on a negotiation
- There is no implementation project. You add a tail and book a flight
- A school with six aircraft pays $120 a month, all users included
Side-by-side
Talon Systems 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.
What you get without an implementation project
The 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.
BillingAn aircraft that is out of annual cannot be booked
Inspections carry server-computed due dates against hours and calendar time. When one comes due the aircraft grounds itself on the board, so nobody dispatches a tail that should not fly.
MaintenanceSimulators 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.
PricingOne 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 billingWhen we may not be the right fit
- You are a university program with a procurement process and need a vendor who will answer an RFP
- You need a formal safety management system alongside your training records
- You run hundreds of aircraft across multiple campuses and need a configured deployment
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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