Flying School vs Flight Logger
Flight Logger is a serious training records platform and takes syllabus management seriously - which puts it closer to Flying School than most of this list. The catch is the regulator. It is built around EASA, and an Australian school needs CASA.
Where Flight Logger is the better choice
European ATOs operating under EASA who need approved-course training records.
Side by side
Flying School and Flight Logger
| Flying School | Flight Logger | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian built and supported | Built in Sydney | ✗ |
| Data hosted in Australia | Sydney region | Europe |
| AUD-native pricing | ✓ | EUR-oriented |
| GST and ABN on tax invoices | ✓ | ✗ |
| Xero with account and tax-rate mapping | ✓ | Not advertised |
| Purpose-built for flight training | ✓ | ✓ |
| CASA syllabuses included | 10 programs | EASA-oriented |
| Grade units of competency at checkout | ✓ | ✓ |
| CASA-format logbook hours | ✓ | EASA-oriented |
| Maintenance-due Hobbs blocks bookings | ✓ | Not advertised |
| Instructor ratings enforced on booking | ✓ | Partial |
| AI reads CASA licences and medicals | ✓ | Partial |
| Document expiry reminders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prepaid hour packages with drawdown | ✓ | Not advertised |
| Billing from Hobbs time flown | ✓ | Partial |
| Student portal with online booking and payment | ✓ | ✓ |
| Aircraft and instructor utilisation reporting | ✓ | Partial |
| AI assistant across the whole system | ✓ | Not advertised |
Verified August 2026 from publicly available information. "Not advertised" means we could not confirm the capability, not that it is absent. Flight Logger pricing model: Per-student or per-organisation subscription. Confirm the details with the vendor.
Regulator
CASA Part 61, not EASA
Flight Logger
The syllabus structures, competency frameworks, and record formats follow EASA. For an Australian school that means re-authoring the training content and living with terminology and record layouts that do not match what CASA expects to see.
Flying School
Ten CASA training programs ship pre-built against the Part 61 Manual of Standards, and logbook hours land in CASA columns - single-engine and multi-engine, dual, command, ICUS, copilot, and instrument.
- RPL, PPL, CPL, NVFR, IR, MEA class rating, MPPC, formation, tailwheel, and UPRT
- Units of competency carrying MOS references
- CASA-format logbook hours for the student and the instructor
Commercial
It also has to run the business
Flight Logger
A training records platform gets the records right, but you still need a schedule, a price list, package sales, invoices, payments, and accounting - which usually means a second system and a reconciliation problem.
Flying School
Flying School is the schedule, the catalogue, the packages, the invoices, the payments, and the accounting integration as well as the training records. One booking produces the logbook entry, the competency scores, and the invoice.
- One checkout produces the flight log, the grading, and the invoice
- Prepaid hour packages and student account balances
- GST tax invoices and Xero sync
Why schools move from Flight Logger
CASA content out of the box
No re-authoring an EASA framework into Australian competencies.
One system, not two
Training records and the commercial side of the school in the same product.
Australian money
AUD, GST, ABN, and Xero without workarounds.
Common questions
Is Flying School approved for Part 141 or 142 operations?
Flying School is record-keeping and operations software, not a regulatory approval. It carries the CASA Part 61 syllabus structure, competency scoring, sign-offs, and logbook formats that support your records. Your approvals remain your own.
Can we run our own syllabus instead?
Yes. The shipped programs are a starting point - build your own stages, lessons, and units of competency from scratch if you prefer.
Other comparisons
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