CFIs are the quiet backbone of general aviation. You fly early, teach hard, and deal with the administrative weight of sign-offs, endorsements, and student paperwork.
AeroCopilot treats CFIs the way we think they deserve to be treated. A free Pro account — no trial, no expiration. A real student dashboard. Electronic endorsements with an audit trail. Ground school help that you can trust to stay accurate.
- Free AeroCopilot Pro account — verified with your CFI certificate
- Student dashboard — hours, currency, completed ACS tasks at a glance
- Electronic endorsements with audit trail and PDF export
- Lesson planning templates aligned to the FAA Aviation Instructor Handbook
- AI ground-school assistant for answering student questions with AIM citations
- CFI community — share best practices, lesson flows, and ACS interpretations
What we handle
What instructors actually need. The administrative weight we want to take off your plate.
Free Pro for CFIs
All features. No expiration. Verified against your FAA Airman record. We believe instructors should never pay to teach.
Student progress in one view
Hours, currency, endorsements, and ACS completion for every student — without a spreadsheet.
Electronic endorsements
Issue endorsements electronically with student name, cert number, and a tamper-evident PDF record.
Pre-lesson briefings
Standardized pre-flight briefings for each student with weather, NOTAMs, and risk all in one view.
Post-flight debrief
Record maneuvers, assign ACS codes, and leave notes the student can study before next lesson.
Audit trail
Every endorsement, sign-off, and lesson log kept indefinitely. PDF export for your records and FAA requests.
Teaching day
A teaching day with AeroCopilot. How the platform fits into a CFI schedule.
0700 — Check student dashboard
See today's schedule. Any student currency about to expire? Any endorsements needed?
0730 — Standardized briefing
Open the lesson plan. Weather, NOTAMs, FRAT pulled in automatically for the scheduled route.
In flight — Focused teaching
AeroCopilot runs on your tablet or phone as backup. You focus on the student.
0930 — Debrief
Log the flight. Mark the ACS maneuvers practiced. Write a note. Issue any endorsement.
Afternoon — Ground school
Work through airspace with a student. Ask the AI assistant to generate a quiz. Review answers together.
End of day — PDF records
Export today's endorsements and lesson logs to the student and your records. One click.
CFIs should not pay for aviation software
The training pipeline is what keeps general aviation alive. Charging the people running it for the tools they need to teach never made sense to us.
Every CFI with an active certificate gets a free AeroCopilot Pro account, forever. Verification is simple — enter your airman number and we confirm against the FAA Airmen Registry.