See it in action
Three scenarios. Real problems. Here's how PlanePal handles them.
“Did they comply with that AD?”
You just bought a 1978 Mooney and the seller handed you three thick logbooks. Somewhere in decades of cursive handwriting is the entry proving AD 2006-18-06 was complied with, but you have no idea which page, which logbook, or whether it was done at all.
You photograph each logbook and upload it to PlanePal. AI reads every entry, including the faded cursive, and matches each one to the relevant inspection or AD. Open the inspection tracker and AD 2006-18-06 is already there, marked as terminated with a direct link to the logbook entry that proves compliance: March 14, 2019, at 3,841.2 tach hours, by Jim Walters at Skytech Aviation. No searching required.
What you'd do without PlanePal: flip through hundreds of pages by hand, squinting at 40-year-old handwriting, hoping you don't miss it.
“Who owes what for fuel?”
Partner A flies the plane on Saturday and lands with 28 gallons remaining. Enough for the next pilot to decide how much range they need. Partner B takes the plane Sunday morning, tops it off at 68 gallons, and forwards the receipt to N12345@planepal.ai from the fuel island.
PlanePal reads the receipt, pulls out 40 gallons at $6.12/gallon, and creates the expense. It knows Partner A burned the fuel on yesterday's flight based on the tach times, so it adds the $244.80 to Partner A's balance. No spreadsheet. No "hey, you owe me" text. At the end of the month, one tap shows each partner's total balance across every flight, expense, and payment.
What you'd do without PlanePal: screenshot the receipt, text it to your partner, try to remember who flew when, argue about gallons, open a spreadsheet you haven't updated since October.
“What do we owe each other this month?”
It's the first of the month. Between the two of you, there were 8 flights, an oil change, two fuel stops, and your partner paid $4,200 out of pocket for the annual. You paid the $380 hangar rent and the $95 insurance installment.
You open PlanePal and it's all already there. Flight hours logged from check-ins. The annual cost captured when your partner forwarded the shop invoice by email. Fuel receipts scanned at the pump. Hangar and insurance hit automatically as recurring expenses. PlanePal nets it all out: you owe your partner $1,847. Generate an invoice, send it, and mark it paid when you Venmo the balance.
What you'd do without PlanePal: spend an evening cross-referencing a shared spreadsheet with bank statements, texts, and email receipts. One of you would forget something. You'd sort it out eventually, but it'd take an hour and feel like doing your taxes.
