Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Moove has added a crew currency management system to its instant booking engine, to help Part 91 and 135 operators ensure that flight crew are eligible for a particular trip. The currency checks are done before a flight is confirmed through the customer-facing booking system.
The complexity of matching aircraft availability with crew requirements is challenging and often involves many additional steps. Moove's crew currency management system allows users to customize rules for crew currency within scheduling and trip request workflows.&nbsp;
This includes supporting the complex regulatory logic that is especially relevant for Part 135 charter operators. For example, according to Moove, “FAA night with turbine alternate under 14 CFR 61.57(e)(4) may involve several conditions, time windows, and alternative qualification pathways depending on the pilot, aircraft, and operation.”
Moove helps operators build these rules into the booking and assignment process, but it is also adding Ask Moove, which allows companies to use plain-language queries. This includes accessing information from the crew currency management system as well as scheduling information, passengers records, and crew data.
“Being able to instantly access crew currency and create custom rules connected to our trip request workflow makes aircraft scheduling much faster and more reliable,” said Clayton Aviation chief pilot Jeffrey King. “Leveraging the integrated crew planning spreadsheet against the available crew assignments section provides unmatched scheduling power for our administrative team.”

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