Charter System

The charter board is the heart of JetCard. It’s a live market of available charter flights generated from real-world trip patterns, airport networks, and client organizations.

The Charter Board

Navigate to Charters to see available flights. Each charter shows:

• Route — departure and arrival airports with ICAO codes and city names
• Client — the organization or individual booking the charter
• Trip type — Board Meeting, Medical Transfer, Ski Trip, Energy Platform Inspection, and dozens more
• Aircraft category — the minimum aircraft class required (Light Jet, Midsize, Large, etc.)
• PAX — passenger count
• Charter value — the total contract value
• Expiry — when the charter disappears from the board

Map View

Toggle between table and map view using the buttons in the top right. The map shows departure arcs and arrival dots. Click an arc or dot to select that charter in the drawer.

My Location

The My Location button filters charters departing near your current position — your last arrival airport, or your home base if you haven’t flown yet.

Search

Search charters by route, client, trip type, or aircraft category. The search filters across all visible fields.

Contract vs Open Market

Roughly 70% of the charter board is Contract work and 30% is Open Market. Both are real charters with real clients, but they reach you differently and have different rules. The Type column on the board tells you which is which.

Contract Charters

Contract charters are pre-arranged between a specific operator and the client. The client called that operator directly, the operator priced the trip, and now they need a pilot to fly it.

• Employed pilots see their operator’s contract work and book at their negotiated pay rate
• Owners fly their own operator’s contract charters and keep the full charter value minus operating costs
• Other operators’ contract charters are invisible to you — they’re not in the open market

If you’re hired by Apex Air, you fly Apex Air’s contracts. Falcon Charter’s contracts are not yours to take.

Open Market Charters

Open Market charters are unsold work — the client posted the trip and any qualified pilot or operator can take them.

• Freelance pilots earn 10% of the charter value
• Operators can bid on open market charters and assign them to their fleet
• Operators bidding open market work can choose to undercut the listed price by 15% to win it — see Undercut below

If you’re freelance, this is your entire charter board. If you’re employed or own an operator, open market is in addition to your contract work.

Accepting a Charter

Click a charter to open the detail drawer. You’ll see the full route, client details, trip description, and financial information.

Aircraft Selection

Select an aircraft from the dropdown:

• FREELANCE pilots fly generic NPC aircraft matching the charter’s category requirement
• EMPLOYED pilots are automatically assigned their operator’s designated aircraft
• OWNER pilots select from their fleet — any aircraft at or above the required category

The aircraft must be at or above the charter’s minimum category. A charter requiring a Midsize Jet can be flown in a Midsize, Super Midsize, Large, or any higher category.

Undercut

Some charters can be accepted at a 15% discount to the charter value — taking a lower-paying job to build reputation faster. Employed pilots need their operator’s permission to undercut.

Ferry Requirement

If your selected aircraft isn’t at the departure airport, you’ll be prompted to ferry it:

• Pilot Ferry — fly the repositioning leg yourself through the full dispatch system. Blocked if the distance exceeds the aircraft’s range.
• AI Ferry — instant repositioning with a 15% surcharge on fuel and FBO costs. If the distance exceeds range, FBO fees are doubled to simulate a tech stop.

Charter Value

Charter values are generated based on trip type, distance, aircraft category, and route. Values floor at 120% of operating costs to ensure every charter is at least marginally profitable for an owner-operator.

Expiry

Charters expire and are automatically removed from the board by a daily cleanup process. Expired charters cannot be accepted. Time-sensitive trip types (medical transfers, same-day returns) expire faster than multi-day trips.