FSMS · Flight School Management System
Ab initio EBT and CBTA, with flight school management integrated.
Train with confidence. Manage with ease.
SkyDynamics FSMS puts the training first: EBT- and CBTA-aligned ab initio courses, MPL and Part-FCL, with competency marks on every lesson. A complete flight school management system is built around it, so the training schedule, the aircraft fleet, maintenance, flight simulators and financials run on one platform. Students get tools and data that stay with them, and your affiliated airlines see their cadets’ progress directly, on the same platform airlines use for Evidence-Based Training.
- LAPL → ATPL
- Part-FCL courses, MPL, MCC, UPRT and instructor ratings
- Aircraft + FSTD
- Fleet, simulators and maintenance in the schedule
- Board → lesson
- From the owner’s P&L to a single graded lesson
- Theirs to keep
- Logbook hours belong to the student, not the school
What is SkyDynamics FSMS?
SkyDynamics FSMS is ab initio EBT and CBTA training with a complete flight school management system integrated, on the same platform airlines use for Evidence-Based Training. Training comes first: Part-FCL courses from LAPL to ATPL, MCC and UPRT, with competency marks on every lesson. The management system around it runs the ATO end to end: scheduling of students, instructors, aircraft, FNPT II simulators and rooms; fleet management; aircraft maintenance management for schools with their own maintenance; financial management; safety and quality; records management; and a digital pilot logbook, in a web platform with portals for students and sponsoring airlines.
Because FSMS and AeroEBT share one platform, a cadet is enrolled once. Their logbook hours and training file follow them from PPL through CPL, SEP IR, MEP IR and MCC to type rating, line training and EBT recurrent at the airline, and the sponsoring airline can follow progress while they are still in training.
FSMS serves flight schools and ATOs and airlines running cadet programmes; maintenance training organisations use AeroEBT competency-based assessment for Part-147 and Part-66 training.
Choose your organisation
Flight schools, airlines and maintenance training organisations
Each has its own page, written for what your organisation has to evidence. Start where you sit.
Flight schools and ATOs
Part-FCL courses from LAPL to ATPL, the fleet, the simulators, the maintenance and the student accounts in one system.
- Part-FCL
- ATO
- FNPT II
Airlines and cadet programmes
Sponsored cadets followed through the partner school, then carried into type rating and EBT recurrent in AeroEBT.
- Cadet pipeline
- Sponsor portal
- EBT
Maintenance training organisations
Part-147 and Part-66 training with practical assessment recorded at the aircraft, in AeroEBT.
- Part-147
- Part-66
- CBTA
Complete coverage
Everything a flight school runs, in one platform
EBT and CBTA training first, then everything around it. Nine areas that usually live in nine spreadsheets, each one a module in FSMS, working on the same data.
Manage EBT & CBTA training
Syllabi, lesson plans, stage gates, exams and skill tests, with competency marks on every lesson and the airline end in AeroEBT.
- Part-FCL
- Competency marks
- Skill tests
MPL on established workflows
Training pathways for MPL, integrated, sponsored-cadet and modular courses, with programme design and manuals from our MPL team.
- MPL
- Pathways
- Subpart K
Manage the training schedule
Students, instructors, aircraft, simulators and rooms booked together, with conflicts, duty limits and currency checked, and AI-assisted redrafting.
- Conflicts
- Duty limits
- AI-assisted
Manage the aircraft fleet
Status, hours ledger, landings, airworthiness dates, utilisation and bookability for every aircraft.
- Hours
- Airworthiness
- Utilisation
Aircraft maintenance management
For schools with their own maintenance: work orders, squawks, AD/SB, component limits and programme due items, flagged at booking so maintenance and training never collide.
- Work orders
- AD/SB
- CRS
Manage flight simulator devices
FNPT II and FTD qualification events, modifications, cost rates and technical log, alongside FCS++ for the FSTD Capability Signature.
- FSTD
- Tech log
- FCS++
Financials, managed and monitored
Auto-invoicing, contracts, packages, payroll, VAT and bank reconciliation, with P&L per client and an owner board pack.
- Invoicing
- P&L
- Board pack
Tools and data that stay with students
A student portal for schedule, progress, balance and documents, and a pilot logbook whose hours are theirs to keep.
- Student portal
- Logbook
- Export
Direct visibility for your airlines
Affiliated airlines follow their cadets’ training progress through the sponsor portal: evidence during the course, not a transcript at the end.
- Sponsor portal
- Cadet progress
Management to micromanagement
From the owner’s board pack down to a single lesson
Every level of the school works on the same data, so the big picture and the detail never disagree.
Owner & accountable manager
P&L per client, cash and VAT, contracts and the board pack, without waiting for month end.
Head of training
Progress per student and course, stage gates, instructor currency and duty limits, safety and quality findings.
Operations & maintenance
Today’s schedule, aircraft and simulator availability, due items and open squawks on one board.
Instructor
The lesson plan, grading with competency marks and signatures: progress, logbook and invoice update from one entry.
Student
Next lesson, progress, balance, documents, exam results and a logbook that stays theirs.
Affiliated airline
Their cadets’ training progress, visible directly through the sponsor portal.
Evidence-Based Training starts at ab initio
One pilot, one record, from PPL to the airline.
Airlines run Evidence-Based Training in AeroEBT. FSMS runs the flight school on the same platform, so a cadet is enrolled once: their logbook hours, training file and progress follow them from the first lesson through CPL, IR and MCC to the airline that sponsors them, and the airline can watch that progress while the cadet is still at the school.
- Training pathways for ab initio, sponsored cadet, conversion, MCC, type rating and recurrent
- Lesson grading with competency marks, stage gates, solo authorisations, exams and skill tests
- Logbook hours tied to the pilot, so they move from school to airline with no re-entry
- Sponsor portal: airline partners see their cadets’ progress during training
- On the roadmap: ab initio grades mapped to the nine ICAO competencies and carried into the AeroEBT competency history
The pathway
Ab initio, professional, multi-crew, airline
The platform
What the school office, the instructor and the student each see
One web platform, with portals for students and airline sponsors. Illustrations are abstract, not screenshots.
Scheduling
Students, instructors, aircraft, FNPT devices and rooms booked together, with conflicts, instructor duty limits, currency and due maintenance checked before a slot is confirmed.
Step 1 of 7
Fleet
Every aircraft and simulator with its status, hours, landings, airworthiness dates and utilisation.
Step 2 of 7
Aircraft maintenance
Aircraft maintenance management for schools with their own maintenance: work orders, squawks, AD/SB and component limits, with due items flagged at booking so a lesson is not planned on an aircraft about to go into check.
Step 3 of 7
Finance
Invoices, contracts, rate cards, training packages, payroll, VAT and accountant export, from the training actually delivered.
Step 4 of 7
Instructor
Lesson grading with competency marks and signatures; the record, the student’s progress and the invoice update from one entry.
Step 5 of 7
Student portal
Next lesson, syllabus progress, package balance, documents, exam results and the student’s own logbook.
Step 6 of 7
Records
The training file from enrolment to licence, signed records with an amendment trail, expiries and audit log.
Step 7 of 7
Fleet and aircraft maintenance management
The aircraft and the simulator are the business.
An ATO lives or dies on availability. For schools with their own maintenance, FSMS keeps aircraft maintenance management and device serviceability in the same system as the training, so a due inspection or an open squawk shows up when the lesson is booked, not when the student is standing at the aircraft.
- Hours ledger and landings for every aircraft and simulator
- Work orders, squawks and maintenance records per aircraft
- Airworthiness directives, service bulletins and component overhaul limits
- Maintenance-programme due items flagged at booking
- FNPT II and FTD qualification events, modifications and technical log
- Release-to-service gate and Part-145 cost allocation
Financial management
Financials that follow the logbook.
When a flight is closed, it is already billable. Invoices, packages and contracts come from the training that actually happened, and the books leave FSMS in a form your accountant can use, not as a monthly spreadsheet someone has to rebuild.
- Automatic invoicing driven by rate cards, packages and client contracts
- Invoices, pro formas, advances, credit notes and client statements
- Quotes and deposits, profit and loss per client, owner board pack
- Instructor pay and payroll runs
- Bank reconciliation, VAT periods and PEPPOL, CSV or XML accountant export
Pilot logbook and records management
The student’s logbook stays theirs, for their whole career.
Each student has a digital pilot logbook and a training file in the platform. Logbook hours are tied to the pilot rather than the school, so they can export them, take them to the airline and keep them long after they graduate. The school keeps its own signed training record, with every amendment traced, for as long as regulation requires.
- Digital pilot logbook filled from each closed flight
- Hours move with the pilot from school to airline, export at any time
- Training file from enrolment through lessons and skill test to licence
- Signed records with an amendment trail and audit log
- Licences, medicals and documents with expiries
- On the roadmap: a shareable training passport and a one-click training-file export pack
Why one platform
Separate tools versus FSMS
| Criterion | Typical setup | FSMS |
|---|---|---|
| Booking checks maintenance, duty limits and currency | Manual | Yes |
| Invoices from closed flights | Export | Yes |
| Maintenance in the same system as training | Separate system | Yes |
| Airline sponsor sees cadet progress | Yes | |
| Logbook moves with the pilot to the airline | No | Yes |
| Same platform as airline EBT | No | Yes |
Typical setup = spreadsheets, a booking tool and a separate maintenance tracker, as ATOs commonly describe it.
AI-assisted scheduling
The scheduling work, drafted before you arrive
A school day is a permanent rescheduling exercise. The system drafts; the head of training approves.
Redraft the day
Weather, a sick instructor or an unserviceable aircraft: a new plan is proposed with conflicts, duty limits and currency already checked.
Respect maintenance
Aircraft with due items or open squawks are flagged before they are booked.
Chase the blockers
Medicals, licences, payments and prerequisites noticed before they stop a lesson.
Proposed, not imposed
Every change is proposed and logged. The school decides.
EASA expects your ATO to operate like an airline
Run your ATO like an airline
Oversight baselines
EASA oversight frameworks applied to your training operation.
Safety and quality
Hazard register, occurrence reporting, audits and corrective actions in the same system.
Audit-ready records
Signed records, amendment trail and audit log, current every day.
One platform
Scheduling, fleet, maintenance, students and finance in one place.
Same platform as AeroEBT
The school and the airline work on one pilot account.
AI early warning via AeroBrain
Anomalies flagged before they cost.
MPL pathway
The cadet-to-first-officer pathway, built in
MPL programme design, manuals, and regulatory consulting: EASA Part-FCL Subpart K.
- Cadet selection & assessment
- Course design & manuals
- Type rating integration
- Line operations readiness
FSMS: questions flight schools ask
What is FSMS?
SkyDynamics FSMS is ab initio EBT and CBTA training with a complete flight school management system integrated, for ATOs, flight schools and airline cadet programmes. It covers courses, scheduling, students, instructors, the aircraft fleet and FNPT II simulators, maintenance, finance, safety, records and the pilot logbook, in a web platform with student and sponsor portals.
How does FSMS connect ab initio training to airline EBT?
FSMS runs on the same platform as AeroEBT. A cadet is enrolled once, their logbook hours and training file follow them to the airline, and the sponsoring airline can follow progress during training. Mapping ab initio lesson grades to the nine ICAO competencies and carrying them into the AeroEBT competency history is on the roadmap.
Does it include aircraft maintenance management?
Yes, for schools with their own maintenance: work orders, squawks, AD/SB, component overhaul limits, maintenance-programme due items flagged at booking, a simulator technical log and a release-to-service gate.
Does it handle financial management?
Yes: automatic invoicing from rate cards, packages and contracts, credit notes and statements, quotes and deposits, instructor payroll, bank reconciliation, VAT periods, profit and loss per client, and PEPPOL, CSV or XML export for your accountant.
Does the student keep their logbook?
Yes. Logbook hours are tied to the pilot rather than the school, so they can be exported and carried to the airline. The school keeps its own signed training record for the retention period regulation requires.
Is there a student app and an instructor app?
Students use the student portal for their schedule, progress, balance, documents, exams and logbook. Instructors grade lessons in the platform. The offline iPad instructor app is used for airline EBT in AeroEBT.
Is MPL included?
Yes: programme design, manuals and consulting, EASA Part-FCL Subpart K.
Does it work for maintenance training organisations?
Part-147 and Part-66 training is covered by AeroEBT competency-based assessment, with practical assessment recorded at the aircraft: see the maintenance training page.
See your school run from one platform.
Thirty minutes on your courses, your fleet and your airline partners: what you run today, and what changes when scheduling, maintenance, financials and records are one system.
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