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Flight training management for independent CFIs. Schedule lessons, track student progress, log endorsements, and stay FAA-compliant — all in one place.
Learn more →B2B · Flight SchoolsAutoBrief
AI pre-flight brief and GO/NO-GO for flight schools. Layered on top of your existing scheduler — no rip-and-replace.
Learn more →Trim is in production with real CFIs and real students.
Not a demo. Not a waitlist. Active beta CFIs are scheduling lessons, logging endorsements, and grading students in Trim today.
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Aggregate beta counts as of May 2026 · no individual identifiers
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4 active students · 2 lessons this week
AutoBrief — pre-flight GO/NO-GO, live in production.
Shipped 2026-05-28. Runs in localStorage mode (multi-tenant Supabase + theautobrief.app custom domain land next). The whole interface — pilots, aircraft, squawks, daily brief, override flow, CSV audit export — works right now in any browser.
The latest from across the company.
Predictive compliance calendar + tomorrow's exposure panel
Calendar at /calendar shows upcoming expirations (medical, BFR, IFR currency, aircraft inspections) before they become NO-GOs. Tomorrow's exposure panel on /dashboard flags which flights are at risk for the next 24 hours. The shift from reactive (catch at brief time) to predictive (catch before you schedule).
Compliance dashboard + fleet risk score + override analytics
Two new dashboards: /dashboard gets a compliance health panel with a computed fleet risk score (weighted across currency, medical, aircraft, squawk severity), and /analytics tracks override patterns — who overrides, how often, what reasons they cite. Both feed the chief-pilot's weekly review.
Squawk logger + aircraft countdowns + handoff checks
Aircraft get a squawk log (add/resolve per-tail with severity tiers), annual + 100-hour countdown timers with advisory thresholds, and a return/handoff check for post-flight condition recording. The aircraft side of the dispatch brain is now operational.
Seventeen working calculators. No signup.
Three of the most-used below. Each one is built on the same engineering principles as our paid products — if the math is wrong here, the math is wrong everywhere. So we don't get it wrong.
METAR Decoder
Paste a raw METAR. Read it in plain English.
Open tool → ReadyCurrency Calculator
14 CFR §61.23/56/57 — medical, BFR, day/night, IFR.
Open tool → ReadyWeight & Balance
Universal moment math + envelope plot. Bring your POH numbers.
Open tool →Fourteen more on the index — endorsements, density altitude, crosswind, TOD, holding, wind correction, TAS, units, VFR minimums, stall at bank, magnetic variation, fuel planning, climb gradient, checkride checklist · see them all →
Built by a real pilot.
Every product comes from firsthand experience on the flight deck and in the flight school office.
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