Company & Operations

Form a charter operator, hire pilots, manage a fleet, and build a business. The Company page is your operations center.

Forming an Operator

To create a company, you need:

$500,000 formation fee
A unique company name (35 character max, moderated for appropriateness)
A unique 3-letter designator (e.g. JAS) — major commercial codes are blocked
A telephony callsign (15 character max)
A home base airport (validated ICAO code)

Your pilot status changes to OWNER on formation. You keep the full charter value minus fuel, FBO, and JetCard Care costs.

Company Tabs

Overview

Company stats, base locations on a map, recent Operations Desk messages, chat preview, and fleet map showing aircraft positions.

Fleet

Your aircraft inventory with condition, location, assigned pilot, JetCard Care status, and operational status (Available/Reserved). Click an aircraft for the detail page with maintenance, assignment, and sale options.

Roster

Sortable table of all pilots in your company — the owner plus any hired employees. Click a pilot to see their stats and release option.

Ledger

Bank-style transaction log showing all operator financial activity — charter revenue, fuel costs, aircraft purchases, pilot payroll, and maintenance.

Analytics

Operational analytics: top airports, busiest routes, pilot activity breakdown, and aircraft utilization (available vs reserved status per tail).

Messages

Real-time company chat plus the Operations Desk — an automated feed of operational events:

Charter accepted / completed
Aircraft purchased / sold
Pilots hired / released
Ferry flights completed
Maintenance performed

Admin

Company settings and management:

Hiring toggle — open or close applications
Default pay rate — percentage offered to new hires
Undercut permission — allow/deny employed pilots from undercutting charter values
AI ferry permission — allow/deny employed pilots from using AI ferry
Website & logo — URL and image upload (moderated by AI)
Pending applications — accept or reject pilot applicants
Dissolve operator — permanent shutdown (see below)

Hiring Pilots

Enable hiring in the Admin tab
Pilots browse your company on the Job Board and submit applications
Review applications in Admin — see each pilot’s name, reputation, hours, and flights
Accept to hire at your default pay rate, or reject

Hired pilots become EMPLOYED with your operator’s pay rate. They fly your fleet aircraft and earn their negotiated percentage of charter value.

Dissolution

Voluntary Dissolution

Clean wind-down from the Admin danger zone:

All fleet aircraft return to the NPC market
All employed pilots are released to FREELANCE status
Your pilot status reverts to FREELANCE
No debt penalty — outstanding lease/loan obligations remain yours

Forced Dissolution

If your reputation hits 0:

48-hour grace period
Aircraft sold to market
20% of operator debt transfers to your personal account (capped at $500,000)
Company permanently deleted

Releasing Pilots

Release a pilot from your roster via the Roster drawer. The pilot reverts to FREELANCE, any assigned aircraft are unassigned, and an Operations Desk message is posted.

Resigning

Employed pilots can resign from their company via the Company tab bar. Resignation unassigns your aircraft and notifies the operator.