How AirplaneGigs Works

Pick an airport and a distance, then turn on the kinds of people you need. “Has time in” narrows it to people who know your aircraft type. Switch between the map and a list.

Tap a pin or a row for a short card, then View Profile for their experience, details and whether they’re taking work right now.

Nearest first, or lowest price.

Use “Offer a Job” on their card or profile to invite them to one of your open jobs, or to post a new one with them in mind. Invited people can apply straight away, even to invite-only jobs.

Starred providers show as Preferred. When you post, you can offer the job to them first for a few hours before anyone else sees it.

Save the filters you use often and turn on the bell to hear when someone new matches.

A trip (ferry flight, contract pilot or cabin crew, or time building with other pilots), maintenance, flight instruction, a checkride, an insurance quote, FBO services or help from an aviation attorney. Each one asks only for what that work needs.

Post a flight to build time toward a rating (cross-country, night, a safety pilot for instrument practice) and other pilots ask to come along. Nobody is paid: you share the costs evenly between you, and no money passes through AirplaneGigs.

Say what you need help with and the state it’s in. Aviation attorneys admitted there (or anywhere, for federal matters like FAA enforcement) are matched to it. You agree fees with the attorney directly; keep confidential details for them, not the post.

The price advisor suggests a range from comparable work near your airport. Use it, or set your own.

Let matched providers apply, or keep it invite-only. Save a draft if you’re not ready, or Publish & Match.

On trips you confirm that you (or your company) keep operational control of the flight. AirplaneGigs connects people for work; it doesn’t arrange charter.

Mark the job AOG. Mechanics within 150 nm are alerted straight away, and the first one to take it is booked.

Say so on the job and give the reason. The booking then tracks the permit.

Set how many people the job needs, for crews, instructors or a maintenance team.

Set how much notice you expect and what happens with a late cancellation. Both sides see it before booking.

On trips, say who covers return travel and lodging. Pilots can add their travel estimate when they apply.

Post a pre-buy inspection and link it to the acquisition or sale. The mechanic works through a checklist and you get a printable findings report.

Add annual, pitot-static, ELT and other due dates to your profile. We remind you 30 days ahead with a link that fills in the job.

Open a job to see ranked providers and anyone who applied. Message them with questions before you decide.

Hire sends a booking request. Once they accept, it’s booked and shows on both your calendars. For insurance quotes you choose a broker instead.

Maintenance and insurance jobs show the quotes side by side once two or more are in.

Edit, pause, close or post a job again from its page.

When hiring, repeat the booking every week or every two weeks, 2 to 12 times, with the same person.

Browse open jobs that match your roles, measured from your home airport. Search, sort and filter, and each job tells you whether you meet its requirements or what’s missing. Switch to the map to see them by location.

Apply from the job card with your rate and a short note. The price advisor suggests a rate from comparable work nearby.

See where each one stands, from waiting to hear back to booked. You can withdraw while it’s still under consideration.

Hirers can invite you to a job. You can apply straight away, even if the job is invite-only, or decline.

Use “I’m Away From Home” on Find Work to look for jobs from another airport for up to 30 days. Hirers see where you are.

Save the filters you use and turn on alerts for new jobs that match.

On a one-way trip, the booking page suggests jobs that get you home.

AOG jobs within 150 nm are flagged. The first mechanic to take one is booked.

List open dates with the airport, tests and fee. Applicants request them from your profile.

You see quote requests from the states you’re licensed in.

You see requests in the areas you practise from the states you’re admitted in, and federal matters such as FAA enforcement from anywhere. You bill clients directly; AirplaneGigs takes no part of your fees.

Pilots post flights to build time; ask to come along on ones near you. Nobody is paid, and you share the costs as the poster describes.

Owners looking for a company to run their aircraft post the class of aircraft and the services they want. You see the ones within your service area of your office or one of your bases.

Booking requests wait for the provider to accept. Either side can cancel with a reason, and you’ll see whether it’s inside the notice the job asked for.

Each booking has its own page: the timeline, the conversation and files, and the agreed terms.

The mechanic lists parts and labor line by line; the owner approves or declines each one.

A printable sheet with legs, crew, aircraft and FBOs, in airport-local and Zulu times, with weather and TFR links.

The inspection checklist and findings report, shared with the buyer and broker.

The applicant and instructor tick off IACRA, the knowledge test and the endorsement, so the examiner can see it’s ready.

Send your arrival time and fuel order; the FBO confirms with parking.

Ask questions before you apply or hire. Phone numbers and emails are held back until a booking (or hangar request) between you is accepted.

Attach PDFs or photos (JPEG or PNG, up to 10 MB) with the paperclip.

Once a booking is accepted, Contact gives you a masked number or email relay. It stops working a few days after the booking ends.

A two-week list, a week or a month.

Mark yourself unavailable, put a tentative hold on a day, or show when you’re free. Blocked time keeps you out of matching.

Sync gives you a private calendar feed to add to Apple Calendar, Outlook or any app that takes one.

New matches, invitations, applications, bookings and messages show under the bell.

For each kind, choose on the site, by email (once your address is confirmed), or as a push alert on this device.

A photo, your name and your home airport. Distance to jobs and people is measured from your home airport.

An owner who also flies ferry trips picks both. Each role adds a short section, and your menus follow.

Its type and insurance minimums fill in every job you post.

Times, avionics and history for buyers and brokers, shown on your sale and pre-buy jobs without the tail number.

Your flight department and its aircraft.

Add the people at your company who post jobs, handle bookings and read messages, each with their own role.

Your certificates, ratings and hours, which matching checks against each job’s requirements.

Medical, flight review, instrument currency, IA and insurance dates in one list, with what each one affects.

The section for your role: flying, maintenance, instruction, examining, your medical practice, cabin service, aircraft sales, insurance lines, FBO services, aircraft management or your legal practice. Rates and how far you’ll travel go here too.

What you’re working toward, so instructors and examiners near you can help.

Optional. Hirers see “Insured” next to your name while a current certificate is on file.

Optional and private. Only the town is used, when you don’t have a home airport.

Sign in with your fingerprint, face or device PIN instead of typing a password. Add one on each device you use; rename or remove them any time.

At least 12 characters. A few unrelated words make a strong one that’s easy to remember. We turn down passwords built from your name or email and ones that are easy to guess. Changing it signs out your other devices.

See how many devices are signed in and sign the others out.

From the same page, once no booking is accepted or under way.

Search near an airport for your dates, and show only spaces your aircraft fits. Inquire with a message saying when and for how long; whoever listed it accepts or declines, and you work out the dates in Messages.

Post a hangar or tie-down, priced by the night or the month. Requests for it show on the Hangar Space page to accept or decline.

Set an alert for an airport and hear when something comes up.

Use “Report a Bug or Idea” at the foot of the menu (Feedback, bottom left, on a phone). The page you’re on is attached, and you can follow what happens to it.

Use Report on a profile, a job or a conversation. Our team reviews every report.

Common questions, and how to reach a person.