Resources for flight schools
Guides on scheduling, billing, airworthiness, training records and reporting, the product documentation, and how AerScheduler compares when you are choosing a platform.
Choosing a platform
What to look for, what it should cost, and what moving actually involves.
Flight school scheduling software
What modern flight school scheduling software should include: dispatch, self-booking, billing, and mobile.
ReadMyFBO alternative & migration
MyFBO shut down in August 2026. How schools got their data out, stood AerScheduler up, ran both in parallel, and cut over.
ReadPricing
$20 per aircraft per month. Simulators and classrooms free. Unlimited users. 14-day trial.
ReadAirworthiness
Three pages for three different readers: an owner choosing a system, a mechanic checking a date, and whoever hands records to an inspector.
Airworthiness Directive tracking
Applicability, compliance and enforcement are three different jobs. Which of them a scheduling system can actually do, and where you still want ADlog or AVTRAK.
ReadCalendar months and inspection due dates
An annual signed on 15 February is good through 28 February the following year. What 12 calendar months means, which inspections use it, and what tracking them as 365 days costs.
ReadAircraft maintenance records
The two lists in 14 CFR 91.417 and their very different lifespans, which records go with the aeroplane when you sell it, and why a tracking system is not a logbook.
ReadBilling and money
The cases that decide whether billing is five minutes a day or an afternoon a month.
Split billing & shared flights
Group ground school billed per student, two pilots splitting a cross-country, and a safety pilot who isn't paying, all on one booking.
ReadOvernight & multi-day rentals
Book a trip that spans nights, charge a minimum for every night the aircraft is away, and tell the member before they agree to it.
ReadFlying club dues & fees
What clubs charge to join and to stay, the tiers they settle on, and the five awkward cases (mid-month joiners, seasonal members, a comped month) that decide whether dues are a five-minute job.
ReadQuickBooks Online integration
How paid AerScheduler invoices sync to QuickBooks Online as Sales Receipts, without CSV exports.
ReadReporting
The pillar first, then the two numbers owners ask for by name.
Flight school reports
The reports worth having (revenue, utilization, instruction, fleet, compliance) and what each one answers.
ReadAircraft utilization reports
Booked vs flown vs billed hours per tail, and what the two gaps between them are quietly costing you.
ReadRevenue reporting
Billed, collected, and outstanding, cut by aircraft, instructor, customer, or lesson type.
ReadTraining
What a school has to keep, and what makes a record hold up later.
Compared with other platforms
Each page records where the third column came from and the date it was checked. Not published means we could not confirm it, never that it is absent.
AerScheduler vs Flight Schedule Pro
Compare AerScheduler and Flight Schedule Pro for flight schools: self-serve setup, $20/mo per aircraft with unlimited users, a native app, and flight close-out that drafts the invoice.
ReadAerScheduler vs Flight Circle
Compare AerScheduler and Flight Circle for flight schools: self-serve setup, $20/mo per aircraft with unlimited users, dispatch that closes out into an invoice, and a native app.
ReadAerScheduler vs Schedule Pointe
Compare AerScheduler and Schedule Pointe for flight schools and clubs: one published price at $20/mo per aircraft, self-serve signup, and software built only for aviation.
ReadAerScheduler vs FlightLogger
Compare AerScheduler and FlightLogger: a flat $20/mo per aircraft with unlimited users, versus pricing that varies with how many students you train and how much you fly.
ReadAerScheduler vs Talon Systems
Compare AerScheduler and Talon Systems ETA: a published price at $20/mo per aircraft and same-day self-serve setup, versus an enterprise platform sold by demo and configured per organization.
ReadAerScheduler vs Airplane Manager
Airplane Manager is built for corporate flight departments. AerScheduler is built for flight schools, clubs and rental operations, at $20/mo per aircraft with students, instructors and renters included.
ReadAerScheduler vs BookOurPlane
BookOurPlane is a free aircraft booking calendar for flying clubs. AerScheduler adds the money and the maintenance: invoicing, dues, inspection due dates and a native app, at $20/mo per aircraft.
ReadDevelopers
A documented REST API over the schedule, the fleet and billing, available on the Enterprise plan.