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Part 121 · Reserve, open-time & MEL

MEL — minimum equipment list

Open a deferral against an MEL item and it tracks by category A/B/C/D with an auto-rolling expiry; an expired deferral raises a dispatch banner so the aircraft doesn't fly on a busted item. It replaces the MEL binder reconciled by hand.

Launching the first quarter of 2027.

Reserve & open-time
Reserve pool · trip trading · MEL
Long call
6
Short call
4
Open trips
9
Reserve crewTypeStatus
Okafor, A.SHORT_CALLCalled out
Reyes, D.LONG_CALLAvailable
Olsen, P.SHORT_CALLStandby
MEL deferral B-12 (Cat C) expires in 4 days · dispatch banner armed
Clean swaps auto-approve · busts blocked before they post

Illustrative — every screen reflects your own data.

What mel — minimum equipment list gives you

  • Deferrals tracked by category A/B/C/D
  • Auto-rolling expiry per deferral
  • Expired item raises a dispatch banner

How an operator uses this

Reserve crew tracks as LONG_CALL and SHORT_CALL with callout and no-contact handling, so the desk knows who's available and who's been used, with reserve coverage living in the same system as the lines it backs up. On the open-time board, pilots request drops, pickups, and swaps and a planner approves — a trade that creates no duty/rest violation can auto-approve so the desk isn't a bottleneck on clean trades, and every trade still runs the legality check. MEL deferrals track by category A/B/C/D with an auto-rolling expiry, and an expired deferral raises a dispatch banner so the aircraft doesn't fly on a busted item.

Illustrative — every screen reflects what's in your own data, nothing more.

Keep exploring

Other features in Part 121

All of Part 121
Pilot bidding (LINE + PBS)

Monthly bid packages

Per base × equipment × position, DRAFT → OPEN → CLOSED → AWARDED → PUBLISHED.

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Pilot bidding (LINE + PBS)

LINE + rule-based PBS

Seniority-ordered awards in either LINE or rule-based PBS mode.

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Pilot bidding (LINE + PBS)

Idempotent award engine

A pure awards function — re-running replaces prior awards with the same result.

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Pilot bidding (LINE + PBS)

Crew pairing builder

Per-line pairing CRUD inside each package, with a reserve-pool fallback.

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Duty, rest & fatigue

FAR 117 enforcement

Duty/rest checked at assignment time — violations are blocked before a pairing posts.

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Duty, rest & fatigue

FAR 121.467 cabin-crew enforcer

Parallel duty/rest enforcement for flight attendants.

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Duty, rest & fatigue

Union / CBA contract overlay

Layer your bargaining unit's stricter limits on top of the FAR floor; the scheduler enforces whichever is more restrictive.

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Duty, rest & fatigue

Crew duty board

Live duty used per crew member, derived from shifts and the flight log.

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Duty, rest & fatigue

Fatigue risk board

Deterministic and explainable — blends documented duty load with self-reported sleep signals. Not an AI prediction model.

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Reserve, open-time & MEL

Reserve crew

LONG_CALL + SHORT_CALL with callout and no-contact tracking.

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Reserve, open-time & MEL

Open-time / trip trading

Drop / pickup / swap with planner approval; auto-approves when no FAR 117 bust.

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Qualifications & recurrent

AQP (14 CFR 121 App. Y)

Per-fleet proficiency objectives and CQ-cycle enrollments.

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Qualifications & recurrent

FA recurrent training

121.421 initial / recurrent / transition / overwater on a 12-month cycle.

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Qualifications & recurrent

Recurrent calendar

Four-month grid across credentials, FA recurrent, and inspections.

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Qualifications & recurrent

Drug & alcohol random draws

Random-selection records with a full audit trail.

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Fleet, cargo & dispatch

Aircraft program

ADs, SBs, and life-limited parts with inspection clocks per tail.

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Fleet, cargo & dispatch

Cargo & ULD

IATA ULD types, AC 120-85 inspection clock, and hazmat tags on the build-up manifest.

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Fleet, cargo & dispatch

Live aircraft tracking

FlightAware position + ETA on the ops board (bring-your-own AeroAPI key).

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Fleet, cargo & dispatch

Trip-sheet briefings

METAR/TAF + NOTAMs + fuel + weight-&-balance + crew signature, print-ready.

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Reliability & reporting

Predictive maintenance

A 0–100 AOG-risk score per tail — deterministic and explainable, with the contributing factors shown.

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Reliability & reporting

Fleet utilization

Per-tail 30 / 90 / 365-day hours with an inspection countdown.

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Reliability & reporting

Manager daily digest

Today's ops and attention items emailed to managers each morning.

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Reliability & reporting

Reports & exports

Utilization, currency, and completion KPIs with CSV export.

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A dashboard for every seat

Pilot dashboard

A pilot's own home: next flights + FAR 117 duty standing, report-for-duty check-in, PBS bid status, 61.51 logbook, currency and credentials.

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A dashboard for every seat

Flight-attendant dashboard

Trips and schedule, 14 CFR 121.421 recurrent-training status, credentials, check-in, manuals, and fatigue reporting.

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A dashboard for every seat

Crew planner & dispatch

Bid packages and awards, reserve and open-time, and the live ops / dispatch board for the people running the operation.

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A dashboard for every seat

Manager & compliance

Fleet, recurrency, FAR 117 oversight, and audit-ready compliance — role-scoped, one Part at a time.

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Network-aware scheduling In dev

Maintenance-station routing

Flags when a tail's due check won't reach a capable station before its limit. Advisory — it surfaces the risk, it doesn't block dispatch.

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Network-aware scheduling In dev

Crew-base efficiency

Surfaces deadhead and out-of-base overnights so pairings can be built to originate and terminate at a crew member's base.

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Network-aware scheduling In dev

Weighted efficiency score

A configurable weighted score (abstract points, lower = better) over deadhead, overnights, repositioning, and maintenance-fit slack — set your own weights.

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Network-aware scheduling In dev

Explainable swap / re-base suggestions

Deterministic aircraft-swap and re-base proposals that improve the score — every suggestion shows its reasoning. Not AI, not a guaranteed optimum.

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Every Part 121 workspace also includes the platform-wide backbone — logbook, credentials, compliance, reporting, and audit trail.

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