Where the plane is needed
Needed in 1–2 weeks
Needed in 2–4 weeks
No rush / whenever
Awaiting approval
Hover a pin for details, click a pin (or "Show route" on a request below) to draw its flight line and highlight stops within 50 miles of it. Scroll or use the +/− buttons to zoom, drag to pan. Pin color updates automatically as the "needed by" date gets closer.
Pending requests
Approved & on the map
✉ Email notifications
This is a prototype with no backend, so it can't silently send email on its own. Configure who should hear about each event below — when one happens, it's added to the log with a one-click "Open email" button that launches your default mail app pre-filled and ready to send.
Notification log
Request the plane
Submitted requests go to Jayden for approval before they appear as an active pin.
Confirmed (approved)
Requested (awaiting approval)
✈ Miles flown
Approximate round-trip distance (departure point to destination and back), as the crow flies.
Monthly usage
Approximate miles flown and number of distinct days the plane was in the air, by month.
Easy Automation · Aircraft Use Guidance
Try an example:
Trip details
The plane is always hangared at Crete, NE — on a dedicated trip it has to fly out to the pickup point and back. Filled in automatically from the pickup point above.
Usually 1 — a single round trip can drop one person off and bring another back. Use 2+ only if separate flights are genuinely needed.
Include days the pilot is simply waiting onsite (e.g. a multi-day install), not just flying days.
e.g. 2 if you're swapping two techs at once — time saved (and any hotel nights) counts for each.
Rates set below under Cost assumptions — pending confirmation with Jayden.
Cost assumptions (edit as your numbers change)
Pending confirmation with Jayden.
Pending confirmation with Jayden.
Pending confirmation with Jayden.
Compare to driving / commercial
Estimated from the assumptions above — check the box to enter your own.
Estimated — e.g. a long drive or a red-eye connection that forces an overnight.
Estimated — mileage or airfare. Hotel is calculated separately below.
Over 20% supports a case in the middle cost band, over 25% helps justify the top band.
Cost breakdown
Reading "cost per hour saved" — this is a cost, so lower is always better
Under $100/hr savedWorth a strong consideration, especially if it's over 6 hours total saved — a way to put that time back to use, or time with family.
$100–$200/hr savedWorth considering if the employee's travel load is over 20% for the year — not a slam dunk on cost alone otherwise.
Over $200/hr savedProbably not viable — unless it falls in the Feb–May busy season, the employee is over a 25% travel load, or there's another qualifying reason with manager approval.
These are reference points to sanity-check a request, not a formula that decides it — final approval is the General Manager's call, and factors like pilot fatigue, weather, and schedule conflicts always take priority. When the aircraft is already on-site and the pilot has no other assignment that day, the marginal cost of a trip is close to zero and the bar drops accordingly — that's what the mode toggle above reflects.