Archive or erase an aircraft

There are two ways to remove an aircraft from a syndicate, and they are very different.

• Archive is the everyday choice. It takes the aircraft out of active service but keeps everything: its bookings, squawks, maintenance and flight records all stay in the syndicate’s history. Archiving is reversible, so you can restore the aircraft later. Reach for this when an aircraft leaves the fleet, is sold, or is simply no longer flown.
• Erase permanently removes the aircraft and its operational records, and it cannot be undone. Use it only to satisfy a data-erasure request.

Before you start

• Only admins can archive, restore or erase an aircraft.
• Archiving hides the aircraft from the active lists, the calendar and new bookings, and it cancels any upcoming bookings on that aircraft. Its records are kept, and it can be restored at any time.
• If an aircraft is only temporarily unavailable (for example, grounded for maintenance), do not archive it. Raise a grounding squawk instead, which blocks new bookings without taking the aircraft out of service. See Report a squawk.
• On the free plan (one aircraft), archiving frees the slot, so you can add a replacement. Restoring an archived aircraft is refused if it would take you back over the plan’s limit; upgrade or remove another aircraft first.

Archive an aircraft

1. Open the syndicate and switch to the Assets tab.
2. Tap the aircraft’s card to open its detail screen.
3. Under Quick Actions, tap Edit Asset.
4. Scroll to the Danger Zone at the bottom.
5. Under Archive this aircraft, tap Archive.
6. A confirmation appears, noting that upcoming bookings will be cancelled and every record kept. Tap Archive to confirm, or Cancel to back out.

On success you are returned to the syndicate, and the aircraft no longer appears in the active lists.

Restore an archived aircraft

1. Open the syndicate and switch to the Admin tab.
2. Tap Archived aircraft.
3. Find the aircraft in the list and tap Restore.
4. Confirm on the dialog. The aircraft becomes active again and reappears in the lists and calendar.

Bookings that were cancelled when the aircraft was archived stay cancelled; re-create any you still need.

Erase an aircraft permanently

Erase is only for a data-erasure request. It permanently deletes the aircraft together with its bookings, squawks, maintenance and flight records, and it cannot be undone. Settled financial records are kept for the syndicate’s accounts.

1. Open the aircraft’s edit screen as above (the Assets tab, the aircraft’s card, then Edit Asset).
2. Scroll to the Danger Zone.
3. Under Erase this aircraft, tap Erase permanently.
4. A confirmation asks you to type the aircraft’s registration (or its name, if it has no registration) exactly. Type it into the field.
5. The Erase button activates only once the text matches. Tap Erase to confirm, or Cancel to back out.

On success you are returned to the syndicate and the aircraft is gone for good.

If it goes wrong

• The Erase button stays disabled. The text you typed does not match. The match is exact and case-sensitive; the hint in the field shows what to type.
• You archived the wrong aircraft. No harm done: switch to the Admin tab, open Archived aircraft, and tap Restore.
• You erased the wrong aircraft. Erasing is permanent and cannot be undone from the app. Its bookings, squawks, maintenance and flight records are gone. Contact support if this was a mistake; recovery depends on backups.

See also

• Add an aircraft
• Report a squawk
• Role capability matrix