Certificates & Licenses
Definitions of the certificates and license types your club recognises; qualification rules bind to a license type.
What it is
Certificates & Licenses is where you define two levels of credential the club tracks. A certificate is a named group tied to an aircraft category (for example “SPL student” for gliders). License types are the individual documents a member holds — a license, a rating, a medical, or a language or radio qualification. A license type can optionally be filed under a certificate and given a role (pilot, student, instructor, tow pilot, examiner); a rating is always bound to a parent license.
These definitions describe what credentials members can hold. Validity and expiry dates are not entered on the type definition but on the specific license a member holds (which records the document number, issue date, and any expiry). The type definition only states whether a document is lifetime. Qualification rules bind to a license type and check whether a pilot’s credentials are current. License types are managed at /certificates/license-types.
How to use it
- Define certificates — create a named certificate and assign it an aircraft category.
- Define license types — create each license, rating, or qualification your club recognises at
/certificates/license-types. - File and label — a license type can optionally be given a certificate, a role, and (for ratings) a parent license; lifetime documents are flagged.
- See who is qualified — view which members hold which credentials; validity and expiry are recorded on the member’s record.
- Feed qualification checks — qualification rules bind to a license type and verify a pilot’s credentials are current.
Related
- Qualification Rules — license validity decides who may fly.
- Members — where each member’s licenses are recorded, including expiry dates.
- Custom Fields — for additional member data, such as medical expiry.