01Contract pilot services

Contract pilot services

A current, qualified pilot for the flying that sits outside your certificate: deliveries, ferry flights, repositioning, and owner flying under Part 91.

Need a pilot
  • Aircraft deliveries and ferry flights — domestic and international
  • Repositioning flights
  • Part 91 owner-flight and corporate support
  • Long-term pilot placements for predictable demand
  • Mentor pilots for new captains and low-time crews
02Ground & flight instruction

Ground & flight instruction

Instruction at the level your operation flies, plus the curriculum and simulation tools that make the training stick.

Schedule training
  • Primary through advanced flight instruction (CFI, CFII, MEI)
  • Curriculum design, from first solo through ATP
  • Initial new-hire and indoctrination programs for Part 135 carriers
  • Aircraft type-specific ground school
  • Recurrent and 6-month / 12-month proficiency cycles
  • Captain upgrade, IOE, line check, and check airman programs
  • Simulator scenario design and instructor briefing materials
  • ATD and BATD program build-out for Part 141 schools
03Consulting for schools & air carriers

Consulting for schools & air carriers

Operational and training consulting for flight schools and Part 135 operators — how the department is structured, how training is built, and how the pieces work together.

Start a project
  • Training program design and review
  • Part 141 TCO submissions, course outlines, syllabi, gradebooks
  • Operations department structure and workflows
  • Operational risk assessment
  • Instructor standardization and grading rubrics
  • Hardware advisory and procurement for simulators and devices
04Regulatory compliance

Regulatory compliance

The documents and programs your certificate runs on, written so your team can use them and your inspector can follow them.

Talk compliance
  • Part 135 manuals: GOM, GMM, Training, HazMat, MEL, Drug & Alcohol
  • OpSpecs amendments, RVSM, RNP, special-use authorizations
  • A025 electronic recordkeeping packages, with GOM inserts and a sample OpSpec
  • SMS program development under 14 CFR Part 5
  • ICAO alignment for international operations
  • Recordkeeping structures that hold up over time
05IT & Systems

IT & Systems

Technology for aviation businesses, from the software your operation runs on to the computers on your desks.

Modernize the stack
  • Software solutions and development
  • Infrastructure design and implementation
  • Systems modernization
  • Internal company IT — hardware and software setup
  • Channels of communication, set up and managed
  • Data management, retention, and backups
06Certificate modernization

Certificate modernization

Long-term consulting for small certificates that are changing hands or have fallen behind. We work alongside the new owners until the operation runs the way it should — manuals, training, people, and systems.

Plan a turnaround
  • Assessment of the certificate: manuals, records, training, systems
  • A modernization roadmap with priorities and timelines
  • Manual and OpSpecs rework as the operation evolves
  • Training program rebuild and instructor development
  • Systems rollout, from internal IT to Contrails
  • Ongoing advisory through the transition, for as long as it takes
A piston twin's wing pointed into the low sun
THE CERTIFICATE, BROUGHT UP TO DATE
07Flagship product

Aviation operations platform

Contrails. Aviation operations, unified.

One platform that brings every department of an air carrier onto the same record — scheduling, dispatch, duty, maintenance, documents, crew, and billing — at a cost that makes sense for a small certificate.

Built for Part 135 charter, management, and owner-flight operators running 1–50+ aircraft. Hosted and managed by us, with your data exportable any time. Demos by appointment.

Contrails operations dashboard
Operations dashboardDemo operation — sample data
08How engagements work

A clear scope and a finish line.

Every engagement starts with a call and ends with a specific result: a manual, a program, a running system, a placed pilot, or a delivered aircraft. Long-term work runs on the same principle — a defined scope, reviewed together at each stage.