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Crew training programs and maintenance Aviation Runs on Checklists

requirements need the support of logged
flight data. You’ll also need to know how long For more than a century, aviation has run on

an aircraft has been flown in order to schedule checklists, including preflight, in-flight, postflight,

routine maintenance. and emergency checklists. Checklists remove
variables and lower risks by ensuring that

For all pilots, flight hours are the major complex processes and procedures are carried
benchmark of professionalism and credibility out the same way every time.

and they can only be tracked by logging flights.

At Skyward, we’ve developed our own
In terms of your business, UAVs represent General Operating Manual and Operational
a major investment. But they only provide Checklists in collaboration with aviators, UAV

return value if they’re being used. Logging experts, regulators, and insurance providers. 22

flights will show you whether you’re
maximizing your investment.

Flight logging is essential for:

• Understanding the totality of your operations

• Keeping a record of adverse incidents,
such as collisions

• Tracking pilot hours

• Maintaining training schedules

• Promoting a pilot to pilot-in-command