The flying schedule
that builds itself.
Built from live constraints. Reflowed in minutes when the day breaks. Readiness forecast before it slips.
Many sorties.
One formation.
Harrow Field Wing · Merrick Strike Group · Northgate Training Wing · Kestrel Squadron VK-12 · Altus Regional Air
Readiness is still planned on puck boards.
Printouts, spreadsheets, legacy tools and back-to-back meetings. Every hour lost to that loop is taken from proficiency, and leadership still can't see next month.
- Built on puck boards and printouts
- Rebuilt by hand after every weather call
- Crew quals checked in three systems
- Readiness known after the fact
- Generated from live constraints
- Reflowed in minutes when the day changes
- Every qualification checked as you plan
- Readiness forecast before it slips
Everything the schedule depends on, in one picture.
Skein connects the data your shop juggles today and turns it into a plan leadership can trust, then keeps it true as the day moves.
MXQUALRNGWXTRNGOBJOperations research and AI
- Constraint-based schedule optimisation
- Attrition predicted from history and weather
- Priorities set by your leadership, not the model
- Every change explained, every move reversible
SKEDREFLOWRDYRTESHIFTWatch a week of flying build itself.
A real week at a training squadron, from empty board to published schedule, then a Tuesday weather hold and the reflow that follows. Captions and a transcript included.
Five jobs, one platform. Start with the one that costs you most.
Daily and weekly flying schedules, built automatically.
Lines, crews, jets and sims placed against every qualification, currency and rest rule. Your schedulers review and publish; they no longer assemble.
- Pilot commitments and availability in one view
- Currencies and rest rules checked as you plan
- Share for review and approval in one click
When the day breaks, the schedule holds.
A weather call, a jet back in maintenance, a sick instructor: Skein proposes the smallest set of moves that keeps the training plan whole, and shows you every one.
- Fewest moves first, then fairness
- Notifications to every crew affected
- One click to undo any move
See the gap before it reaches the flight line.
Forecast operational readiness and the resources that will run short, so commanders act weeks ahead instead of explaining after.
- 30, 60 and 90-day horizons
- Deficits ranked by impact on readiness
- Real-time reports for commanders
Routes that meet the mission, not just the map.
Cross-countries and low-level routes built against airspace windows, tanker tracks, fuel and the training events each crew still needs.
- Airspace and range windows respected
- Training events logged along the way
- Fuel and divert plans attached
Shift rosters in minutes, with every rule kept.
Maintenance, ops desk and supervisor-of-flying rosters built around rest, leave and qualifications, and balanced so the same people don't always take the mids.
- Day, swing and mid coverage
- Fair rotation tracked over months
- Swaps requested and approved in app
Board is far and away the best tool we've used for scheduling. It isn't even a close competition.
Start with Board. Scale to Autopilot.
One platform, two tiers. Pick the one that fits where your squadron is today; moving up keeps every schedule and setting.
Board
Solve the most tedious air-operations tasks in minutes. Faster to build than legacy tools, and readable at a glance.
- Daily and weekly schedule builder
- Pilot commitments and availability in one view
- Share changes for review and approval
- Export any schedule or report to Excel or PDF
Autopilot
Everything in Board, with the schedule built for you. It adapts when the day changes and forecasts readiness for command.
- Forward schedules, generated automatically
- Attrition predicted from history and weather
- Leadership priorities: continuation, upgrades, equity
- Real-time readiness reports for commanders
Scheduling
Automation and AI
Readiness and reporting
Security and deployment
Built for the defense environment, and already on the line.
Designed around the security, data and acquisition realities of military aviation.
Autopilot schedules a 48-jet replacement squadron every day.
Read the storyRuns in an Impact Level 4 cloud, equipped for Controlled Unclassified Information.
On two defense procurement marketplaces, so buyers move straight to award.
Founded by airline operations planners and quant engineers. Headquartered in Denver.
Published monthly on our status page, with every incident explained.
Military and commercial, at scale.
Schedulers got their evenings back.
All customer stories“Not only is it easier to make a schedule than in our old tool, it's easier to understand the schedule at a glance as well.”
“Autopilot gave our overworked schedulers their evenings back. The Tuesday weather scramble is now a three-minute review.”
“For the first time, the commander sees next month's readiness on Monday instead of hearing about it in the debrief.”
What buyers ask first.
Anything else, write to hello@skeinops.com; a former scheduler answers.
How long does a squadron take to go live?+
Four to six weeks for Board, eight to ten for Autopilot. We load your aircraft, crews, quals and syllabus, run two weeks in parallel with your current process, then switch.
Where does our data live?+
In an Impact Level 4 cloud by default, equipped for CUI, or on your own servers with Autopilot. Nothing classified ever enters Skein.
Does the AI make decisions for us?+
No. Autopilot proposes; your schedulers and leadership approve. Every move is explained and can be undone in one click.
What do we need to connect?+
Maintenance status, training records and a weather feed. We have connectors for the common systems and a CSV path for everything else.
How is Skein bought?+
Annually, per squadron for Board and per wing for Autopilot. We are awardable on two defense procurement marketplaces and support direct contracts.
See your squadron's week, built by Skein.
Bring a real week of flying. We walk through it live on the tier that fits your operation.
- 1Tell us about your operation
Aircraft, crews and how you schedule today.
- 2Walk through a live scenario
Your constraints and disruptions, on the platform.
- 3Get the right tier and a quote
Board or Autopilot, priced to your unit.
- Squadron scheduler
- Director of operations
- Commander or wing leadership
- Training or current ops
- Acquisition or contracting
- Airline crew planning
We only use these details to arrange your demo. See our privacy policy.
Request received.
A former scheduler will email you within one working day to set up the walkthrough. Meanwhile, see how Autopilot runs the week at Cape Arden.
Transcript
- 0:00Monday, 0600. The board for week 42 is empty: 38 crews, 24 jets, two simulators.
- 0:18Skein reads maintenance, quals and the syllabus, then places 27 sorties against every rule.
- 0:46The scheduler reviews three suggestions, swaps one instructor and publishes at 0612.
- 1:10Tuesday, 1040. Weather closes the range from 1100 to 1300.
- 1:24Autopilot proposes three moves in 2 minutes 41 seconds. Every student stays on syllabus.
- 1:48The readiness forecast updates for the commander: 86% at day 30.