Mobile App Simplifies Squawk, Aircraft Time Submissions

The newly released The Squawk App for iOS devices is designed for pilots who are dissatisfied with writing down hours and squawks and submitting them after the fact. The app, which will also be available for Android devices in February, provides an easy-to-use structured data entry form that allows issues to be to be written up as they happen to facilitate operations and repair.

Data can also be an input into an organization's safety management system (SMS). The pilot chooses the aircraft he is flying then answers three standard questions associated with a squawk: where/when did it happen, what happened and troubleshooting steps taken. After the squawk is submitted, the pilot can check the status on the home screen and confirm the squawk was sent to the server and, if not, resubmit it.

It is also easy for pilots to enter flight time: a user chooses the aircraft, enters the hours, number of landings and hits submit. The Squawk App supports Hobbs, Tach and OOOI (Out, Off, On, In) time reporting.

The pilot receives an email as an additional confirmation that the data went to the server. The email also goes to the recipient list assigned during setup—typically the maintenance and operations team.