What GliderOps does

One system for the whole flying day — from the duty roster on Tuesday to the invoice run at the end of the month.

10 connected systems

Every Part of Club Operations. One Platform.

From the moment a glider launches to the invoice that lands in a member's inbox — dispatch, scheduling, booking, instruction, maintenance, and billing all run through one system, built specifically for the way soaring clubs actually operate.

Flight Operations

The Dispatch Board Built for a Flight Line

  • One-click Launch/Land timers and live status for every flight in progress
  • Guided safety checks flag missing info, double-logged gliders, or a landing recorded before launch
  • Flight costs calculate automatically the moment a flight lands — tow rates, rental time, and student discounts included
GliderOps dispatch board with the Queue Flight form and live flight log
Scheduling

Staffing That Runs Itself

  • A flying-day calendar shows staffing status at a glance — ready, needs help, or critical
  • Members sign up by role — dispatcher, tow pilot, ground crew, CFI — gated to who's actually qualified
  • Minimum-staffing rules and signup caps are enforced automatically, club-wide
GliderOps volunteer signups grouped by role for a flying day
Booking

Booking Without the Back-and-Forth

  • A guided wizard shows members only real, conflict-free time slots — no manual slot setup required
  • Double-bookings are blocked in the interface and at the database level — even simultaneous attempts can't collide
  • An automated waitlist fills open slots the instant a cancellation or new tow pilot signup creates one
GliderOps day booking screen with double-seater, single-seater, and waitlist sections
Instruction

Everything a CFI Needs, One Screen

  • A student dashboard combines currency stats, checkouts, and flight debriefs in one view
  • Structured debriefs and maneuver-progress tracking follow the student across every instructor
  • Weekly notes, milestones, and BFR status stay visible so nothing falls through the cracks
GliderOps student review dashboard with currency stats and checkouts
Maintenance

Know Your Fleet's Status Before You Book It

  • Serviceable, squawk, and out-of-service status is visible fleet-wide the moment it changes
  • Instructors are emailed automatically if a glider they reserved gets grounded
  • Towplane Hobbs, fuel, and oil logs calculate burn rate and count down to the next overhaul automatically
GliderOps tow plane fleet status showing serviceable and un-serviceable aircraft
Billing

Billing That Runs on Autopilot

  • Flown flights convert straight into charges using your club's rate tables — no manual math
  • Batch-generate, email, and track invoices for the whole membership in a few clicks
  • A full member directory, self-service registration, and CSV import/export round out the roster side
GliderOps billing menu with invoicing, payments, and balance tools

Plus the Operational Backbone

Reporting, automated emails, configuration, and access control — running quietly in the background so everything above just works.

Reporting & Documents

  • PDF invoices and flight logs, generated on demand
  • Excel exports for volunteer activity, fleet utilization, and account balances
  • One-click leaderboards for banquets and newsletters

Automated Communications

  • Daily flight summaries and a weekly schedule digest, sent automatically
  • Instant alerts the moment a waitlisted slot opens or a glider is grounded
  • A safe test mode for every scheduled email before it goes live to members

Administration & Configuration

  • Dozens of operating parameters editable from one screen, with a full audit trail
  • Automatic fallback to safe defaults if the settings store is ever unavailable
  • One-click configuration backup and restore

Roles & Access

  • Permissions combine like building blocks — a dispatcher who's also a CFI gets both toolsets automatically
  • Whoever's dispatching today gets temporary elevated rights, automatically
  • Self-service vs. admin boundaries enforced in the interface and on the server

Ready to Modernize Your Club?

Set it up with your own gliders, your own rates and your own roster, and run a real flying day on it before you decide. Sixty days, no card.

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