Training module coming: testers wanted

Keeping track of training progress, flight exercises, theory and records takes a lot of time in flight schools and clubs. It is often spread across spreadsheets, paper forms and several separate tools. That is exactly where the new training module for apron:pilot comes in.

With the training module you run your entire flight training digitally, in your flight school or club – from enrolment to the signed completion.

What the training module will do

The module brings training right into apron:pilot, where bookings, the logbook and ratings are already managed. A few glimpses of where development stands:

• Training courses from EASA templates – syllabi for PPL(A), LAPL(A), Night Rating(A), aerobatics, and sailplane and banner towing are ready. Build your own training courses alongside them from prerequisites, theory and flight exercises.
• Digital student file – every student gets a file per training course with the assessment of every flight exercise, the minimum flight times and their progress, up to date after every entry.
• Debriefing straight from the logbook – log a training flight and debrief it in one step. Learning points go to the student, internal remarks stay among instructors.
• Courses with sessions – plan theory courses and other sessions for whole groups, with materials and an online link. Participants accept or decline online, and completing a session ticks off the theory in the student files of everyone present.
• Instructor status – all your instructors’ ratings colour-coded in one table. Training flights with an expired rating are caught at booking.
• Functions and permissions for your school – flight students, instructors, examiners and training admins see exactly what they need for their job. You share the work without handing out admin rights.
• Overview & statistics – who is in training, completions, flight hours and the average training duration at a glance.
• Export & archive – every student file as a complete PDF, archived automatically by email every week or month if you like.

This is only a selection. More EASA syllabi as training course templates and further features will follow in later stages. For an overview, see the Training page.

Who the module is for

The training module is aimed at administrators and heads of training of:

• EASA declared training organisations (DTOs)
• Flying clubs with their own training
• Charter operators with an affiliated flight school

When it will be released

The training module will be released in 2027 as an add-on that you can book separately, just like Invoicing. Before it goes live, I want to test it with real users and build their feedback in before the release.