Aviation & Specialised Operations ERP

When the aircraft runs but the certification layer is the constraint,

The operating layer underneath is the work.

We deliver the operating layer for certification-heavy specialised operations — pilot training, document expiry, multi-currency payroll, audit trail.

Anchored by Pier 7 Aviation Odoo 18 Certification + payroll + audit
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Certification clock around an operating-layer core Three concentric arcs labelled Pilot Certifications, Medical / Documents, Instructor Authorisations. At the center, an Operating Layer core. PILOT CERTIFICATIONS MEDICAL / DOCUMENTS INSTRUCTOR AUTHORISATIONS OPERATING LAYER

The operating layer is the clock the operation runs against.

For Your Role

What This Page Gives You

Director of Operations

The operation runs against the certification clock

Pilot, medical, instructor, and simulator expiries tracked. Renewal workflows triggered before the window closes.

Chief Pilot / Head of Training

Student progress, instructor utilisation, simulator hours in one view

The system supports the day — flights logged, sims booked, certifications captured, surveys completed.

CFO

Multi-currency payroll that reconciles

Instructor payroll across jurisdictions handled natively. Student billing across currencies handled natively. Month-end is a button.

Regulatory & Compliance Lead

Audit-ready document expiry and certification trail

Every certification has a captured signature, expiry, renewal history. Audit evidence is the byproduct of work.

Operating Reality

What Makes an Aviation Operating Layer Hard

  1. 01

    Certifications are first-class entities

    Pilot ratings, instructor authorisations, medical certifications, student progress checks. Each has an expiry, a renewal path, a regulator behind it. The system either treats them as entities or the operation runs paper.

  2. 02

    Document expiry is operating risk

    Licences, medicals, simulator authorisations. Tracking them is non-negotiable; missing them is a regulatory event.

  3. 03

    Multi-currency payroll is the norm

    Cross-jurisdiction instructors, contractor pilots, international students paying in their currency. Native multi-currency handling, not a translation step.

  4. 04

    Scheduling is a multi-resource problem

    Aircraft + simulator + instructor + student + classroom + weather. The operating layer supports the constraint solver, even if a human is still doing the scheduling.

  5. 05

    Survey workflows are formal evidence

    Video-question surveys, instructor sign-offs, student acknowledgments — captured, audited, retained.

Domain Knowledge

What We Know About Certification-Heavy Operations

Workflows we've delivered (at Pier 7)

  • Pilot task management and progress tracking
  • Video-question survey workflow for pilot certification with feedback
  • Multi-currency payroll for cross-jurisdiction instructors
  • Employee / instructor document expiry tracking with reminders
  • Operational details logging
  • Graph-view reporting for operational metrics
  • Theme and access management for an aviation-specific operating layer

Compliance regimes the operating layer is designed to support

  • Pilot certification windows under whichever regulator the operation answers to
  • Document expiry tracking for licences, medicals, ratings
  • Audit-trail completeness for regulator inspections
  • Multi-jurisdiction tax + payroll
  • Role-based access control for sensitive student / pilot records

KPIs we've instrumented

  • Instructor utilisation
  • Simulator utilisation
  • Student progress / certification pass rate
  • Document-expiry compliance rate
  • Training throughput
  • Multi-currency payroll reconciliation
Named Client

Specialised Operations We've Delivered For

Pier 7 Aviation

Flight training / aviation services

Odoo 18 ERP with pilot task management, video-question survey workflow for pilot certification, multi-currency payroll, employee document expiry tracking, operational details logging, graph-view reporting, access management, custom theme.

The single-client scope is the honest framing. We do not claim aviation MRO, FBO, charter, or airline operations expertise. We claim flight-training-operations depth at one named client, with discipline that transfers to other certification-heavy specialised operations.

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What We Build for Aviation

Solutions That Show Up in Aviation Engagements

ERP Systems

Odoo as the operating layer for training operations: students, instructors, schedule, billing, audit-trail.

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Custom Applications

Bespoke survey workflows, document-expiry trackers, certification-renewal flows. Pieces that don't ship in generic aviation SaaS.

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Integrations & Data

Where aviation operations need to integrate with regulator portals, payroll providers, simulator software, or weather feeds.

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Cloud & DevOps

Managed hosting through Deploy Monkey, audit-safe logging, role-based access for sensitive student/pilot records.

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How We Typically Engage

Engagement Shapes for Specialised Operations

Implementation

New aviation or specialised-ops operating layer rollout. 12 to 24 weeks delivery + 6 to 12 weeks stabilisation. Certifications and document expiry go first.

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Custom Applications

When the regulator-facing workflow is the differentiator (survey-video certification, custom expiry trackers). Built bespoke, integrated.

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Long-Term Support

Once live, ongoing: regulatory-change absorption, certification-rule updates, multi-jurisdiction payroll changes.

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Fit Assessment

When We're the Right Partner

Ready if

An aviation engagement is the right move when you operate aviation training, a flight school, or a similarly certification-heavy business, document expiry and multi-currency payroll are real day-to-day operating realities, and leadership wants the operating layer engineered, not stitched across SaaS tools.

Too early if

It's too early when you operate an MRO, FBO, charter, or scheduled airline (different operating model; we have not delivered for these), you want a generic training-SaaS replacement, or there's no internal owner for the certification / document-expiry discipline.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you only work with flight schools?

Our named delivery is flight training (Pier 7 Aviation). The operating-layer discipline transfers to other certification-heavy specialised operations. We are honest that flight training is the depth and broader specialised-ops is the inference.

Do you handle MRO, FBO, or charter operations?

Not at present. Pier 7 is flight training; MRO and charter have different operating models and we have not delivered for them.

How do you handle pilot / instructor document expiry?

Document-expiry modules track each licence, medical, rating, and authorisation with an expiry date, renewal reminder, and audit trail. Renewal workflows trigger before expiry, not after.

What about multi-currency payroll?

Native multi-currency payroll handles instructor compensation across currencies and jurisdictions. The reality is the operating model; the system supports it without controller-side translation.

Are you a certified aviation software vendor?

No. No ERP is "regulator-certified" by itself; the operation that uses it is the certified or audited party. We deliver the operating layer with the controls regulators expect (document expiry, audit trail, role-based access, signed actions). Certification belongs to the operating entity, whichever regulator they answer to.

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