Oshkosh 2026 Recap: Pilotbase Unveils Safety Suite and the Connected Future of Flight Training

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This July, we joined the list of exhibitors at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. With the biggest release in our company’s history to announce, there was no better place than to launch new software and instantly put it in the hands of so many testers and users. At this event where the future of aviation is heavily showcased, we unveiled the Pilotbase Safety Suite – the first and only comprehensive solution designed specifically to support the future of flight training.  

Those following our story closely know we changed our name from Flight Schedule Pro to Pilotbase earlier this year. (And the software you may still call Flight Schedule Pro is the same thing as Pilotbase Flight Ops.) The name change was largely because we now offer flight schools so much more in addition to flight scheduling. Because the needs of flight schools themselves are changing; the strain on operations continues, students seek more supportive pilot experiences, and safety requirements face impending changes. 

Oshkosh gave us the chance to connect in person about the state of change our industry is living in today. In this recap: the Safety Suite now on the Pilotbase platform, what we heard from the flight schools who built it with us, and where flight training technology is headed.

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FLIGHT SCHOOLS DON'T NEED ANOTHER DISCONNECTED COLLECTION OF APPLICATIONS

Flight schools have, for too long, been stitching together disconnected software to run operations that were never meant to be disconnected in the first place. Safety reporting in one tool. Flight data in another. Dispatch, scheduling, and training records somewhere else entirely. And none of them are designed to talk to each other.

The exact opposite of a point solution, Pilotbase Safety Suite is designed on the premise of radical connections. It’s pre-flight, in-flight, post-flight, and a Safety Management System (SMS) built into the same operational environment schools already use to manage aircraft, instructors, students, and reservations. 

Here’s how it works: 

• Pilotbase Preflight guides pilots through weather, performance planning, dispatch approvals, and configurable flight risk assessments before every lesson, with every submission tied directly to the scheduled flight.
• Pilotbase Flight Deck is the first school-controlled EFB that brings oversight and standardization to the checklists and operational documents pilots use in the air.
• Pilotbase Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) automatically ingests supported avionics data, matches each flight to its reservation, evaluates performance against configurable safety parameters, and recreates every lesson in an interactive 3D replay for instructor debriefs.
• Pilotbase Safety Management System (SMS) receives that operational context automatically, so investigating incidents, assigning corrective actions, and closing the loop happens without re-entering data from scratch.

Launching Safety Suite this year isn't incidental. As the FAA continues modernizing Part 141 and Safety Management Systems become a bigger part of how schools operate, the pressure is on to improve safety without adding administrative weight. Safety Suite was built for exactly that trade-off: safety becomes part of the workflow schools already run, not one more system to maintain.

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CREATING CONNECTIONS ON THE PLATFORM AND ACROSS THE INDUSTRY

Every new feature we build always comes from an emerging need surfaced by our customers. Safety Suite was no different. The technology was refined through months of collaboration with 24 launch partners who are investing in building a product for not just their schools but the industry as a whole. They represent every stage of training, from independent academies to some of the largest aviation organizations in the country. 

Celebrating these partners was part of our exhibit. Key launch partner FLT Academy anchored our exhibit space with an aircraft wrapped in a custom Pilotbase + FLT design. Crosswinds Aviation, Sierra Charlie Aviation, and Spartan Education Group were on hand to discuss safety with peer school leaders. And on Wednesday evening, US Aviation Academy joined us to cohost one of the evening’s top celebrations: a gathering of flight schools and the allies for dinner and conversations about building a stronger future together.  

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LOOKING AHEAD

Many companies used Oshkosh to announce new products, and we celebrate innovation in all its forms. As we trek forward this year, the industry can expect from us a continued focus on bringing forward solutions that innovate while solving real business challenges. For Pilotbase, the strength of our pilot experience platform lies in its ability to future-proof the flight schools we build it for. 

If you missed us at Oshkosh, drop us a request to see Safety Suite or learn more about Flight Ops. 

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