FCMS F1141© for Part 61 & 141 flight schools.

The Power Of Integration


Part 141 Flightschool Module:

Follow the links for example screens

Student Administration; Enrollment and Completion Certificates

CFI Mode / Student Mode / Chief Pilot Mode / FAA Reviewer Mode

Ground Lesson Curriculum

Interactive Stage Exams

Ground Lesson Records

Flight Lesson Curriculum

Flight Lesson Records

Aircraft Dispatch Authorization Procedure

Flight Lesson Specific Lesson Grading (tailored to the specific Flight Lesson completion requirements)

Student Progress Summary Reporting

CFI Billing

Administration Module:

Student/Renter/Customer Management

Names, Addresses, Emergency Contacts, prior Flight Experience, Ratings, Medical Dates, BFR Dates;

Account Tracking, Debits, Payments, Credits, Pilot Shop Sales; Student Supplies, Housing

Detailed Rental and Flight Time tracking, per Customer, per Aircraft.

Tach and Hobbs Time Discrepancy Reporting.

Monthly Rental and Flighttime reporting per Aircraft.

Customer Reporting (who owes money)

Fuel/Oil/Parts reimbursements.

Instructor proficiency tracking (Review Dates)

Document storage , Scanner Interface (Creditcard information (encrypted), Renters Agreements, CFI contracts, TSA documentation for foreign students, Pictures (webcam interface)

Custom feed of all accounting data (classified) into Quickbooks

Student/Renter/Customer Module:

Authentication (Login Userid, Password)

Check Out, Check In of aircraft

Interactive Aircraft Scheduling and Reservation using 'ScheduleMaster', a service of Time Sync, Inc.

Review of aircraft descrepancies (Squawks) and Maintenance Times;

Time to 50hr, time to 100hr, Annual Dates, Pitot, Transponder and ELT inspection due dates

Calculates Rental costs, Self Service Creditcard Payment

Optional Fuel Surcharge and County Use Tax additions.

Self Service account review, Rental (Flight times) review.- this data is available also as a WEB based interface. Customers can pay online (WEB) with "Creditcard on file"

CFI billing

Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Module:

Detailed Aircraft data tracking. The current Tach and Hobbs times are fed by the Student/Renter and Administration module.

Discrepancy (Squawk) tracking and alerting. Grounding Alerts can be sent out as SMS Mobile messages to the "AMT on duty".

Daily maintenance reminder lists for the AMT

Fleet Status Summaries

Maintenance History with Parts tracking per Aircraft

Printing of aircraft logbook "stickers"

Aircraft Parts Catalog

Aircraft Parts Inventory

Vendor Addresses, Phone, Fax, Websites

Purchase Order creation and tracking

Purchase Orders

Invoices for Parts (Leaseback Operators and Repair Stations)


Technical Specifications and Requirements:

PC Workstations:

Server:

Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 (Standard or SBE/SBS)

Important note on Server 2003 SBE/SBS: Terminal Services in Application Mode is disabled by Microsoft on these editions. You cannot use FCMS in Application Services/Terminal Services mode on these editions of Server 2003. We recommend Server 2003 Standard R2.

 

Workstations:

Windows XP Professional SP2,Windows XP Home SP2, and ...if you like adventure...Windows Vista - for stability reasons we still recommend Windows XP PRO.

Credit Card Services : Verifone PC-Charge

Accounting Services Interface: Intuit Quickbooks