Online training courses for Part 135 and air tour operators
Every course your people need, assigned by role: SMS, hazmat, drug and alcohol, crew resource management, emergency procedures, CFIT, security, air tour briefing, overwater operations, RII and maintenance human factors.
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$39 per person per year, added to any SquawkSMS plan. One seat covers every course for that person.
Add-on · per person
$39 per person / year
- Buy a seat for each person who needs training; one seat covers every course their role needs.
- Graded quizzes, with the training record, recurrency date and certificate saved automatically on a pass.
- Invitations, reminders and live status for each person: not started, started or complete.
- Works with any plan, from $49 a month.
SMS training (Part 5)
Initial and recurrent SMS training under 14 CFR 5.91: what the SMS is, how to report a hazard, and each person's part in it, with role modules for managers, pilots and mechanics.
About 46 minutes · every 12 months
Hazardous materials — will-not-carry
How to recognize, refuse and report hazardous materials at an operator that does not carry them.
About 66 minutes · every 24 months
Hazardous materials — will-carry
Function-specific hazmat training for operators authorized to accept and carry hazardous materials.
About 80 minutes · every 24 months
Drug & alcohol — employee awareness
What the FAA drug and alcohol testing rules require of you, how testing works, and where to get help.
About 35 minutes · one-time
Drug & alcohol — supervisor reasonable-suspicion training
Drug and alcohol reasonable-suspicion training for supervisors who decide when an employee must be tested. The rules require at least 60 minutes on each; keep a record that covers the full hour.
About 120 minutes · one-time
Crew resource management
How to use every person, tool and piece of information you have to fly safely, whether you fly with a crew or alone.
About 40 minutes · every 12 months
Emergency procedures & equipment
The classroom part of emergency training: your emergency duties, where the equipment is and how it works, and how to handle fire, evacuation, ditching, medical and security emergencies.
About 45 minutes · every 12 months
Terrain awareness / CFIT avoidance
How controlled flight into terrain happens, and how to avoid it: terrain and wire awareness, descent planning, inadvertent IMC, and night and low-light flying.
About 40 minutes · every 12 months
Security awareness
How everyone at your operator helps keep aircraft, passengers and facilities secure, and how to spot and report anything suspicious.
About 30 minutes · every 12 months
Passenger briefing — air tour
What every air tour passenger briefing must cover, and how to deliver it so passengers actually understand it.
About 30 minutes · every 12 months
Life preservers & overwater operations
When life preservers and floats are required on air tours over water, and what to do if you ditch.
About 30 minutes · every 12 months
Required inspection items (RII)
What required inspection items are, who may inspect them, and how the independence and buy-back rules work in practice.
About 25 minutes · every 12 months
Maintenance human factors
How fatigue, pressure, poor handovers and other human factors cause maintenance errors, and what you can do about them.
About 25 minutes · every 24 months
Records that keep themselves.
Graded quizzes, training records and certificates saved on a pass, recurrency tracked, and invitations and reminders in one click.
These courses support your training program. They do not replace aircraft-specific training, required drills or checks, or anything your OpSpecs or FAA-approved training program requires.