Bluetail has completed the development of Mach Conformity, a software module that the Phoenix-based aircraft digital records provider (Booth 2421) said will reduce the time it takes to perform conformity inspections by 50 percent.
The recent growth of the Part 135 on-demand charter market has pressured operators to add aircraft onto their certificates faster and more efficiently, explained Bluetail chief operating officer Stuart Illian. “Just doing all the paper records search and conformity steps required by the FAA can add weeks to the process and cost the operator tens of thousands in lost revenue.”
Purchased as a software subscription, the module provides a “conformity binder builder” to upload documents for the applicable FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) and digitally “paper-clip” related documents into single units of work, such as Form 337s with supporting 8130-3 forms. The module also allows users to upload airworthiness directives (ADs) and Chapter 4 and 5 requirements and link supporting documents to the appropriate AD and OEM maintenance program requirements.
A color-coded task manager offers tracking of the status of each binder chapter. The final conformity binder can be saved and its documents exported into a standard format for FSDO review.
Bluetail v-p of applications and delivery Greg Baynham said Mach Conformity was developed with the assistance of Part 135 operators and aircraft management companies, including Solairus Aviation, Wheels Up, Jet It, Wing Aviation, and Mach Point Aviation.
“These leading operators and management companies were able to confirm that our new Mach Conformity module would help reduce their conformity processes by up to five days,” Baynham explained. “According to the data supplied by the various participants, that time savings alone would translate to tens of thousands of dollars in added revenue per each newly-conformed aircraft.”