Flyber is a simple way for any CFI anywhere to advertise, connect with and book students. Here we provide a step by step guide on how to use Flyber to connect with clients, schedule and book training events. It’s simple and we’re happy you’re here!
Create a Listing
For any service, click or tap on “list a service” and we begin! At the top of the listing creation page you’ll see a category drop down, select Flight Instruction to list as a CFI. If you have multiple skill sets you wish to list, feel free to create multiple listings. We do not charge for you to create a listing.
- Image: If you have a headshot or other image you can upload this image on this page. This step is not required, but it is recommended.
- Title: Give your listing a title to help users know concisely what you’re offering (such as “Instrument Proficiency Checks” or “Commercial Maneuvers” or a general title “Private Pilot through Commercial”. Just help users quickly identify what you provide.
- Ratings: This is a list of all the ratings you are qualified to instruct and want to advertise your skills. You may select all that apply.
- Price: This is your price per hour charge. Keep in mind to make sure your pricing reflects your minimum hourly booking. So if you charge $50/hour and your minimum booking time is 2 hours, your price is $100.
Operational
Further down the page you will see a list of ratings for which you are able to give instruction. Please check all that apply. This is required so our users can specifically look for the right person for their needs.
Where do you operate: Please give us the address of the airport you most commonly operate out of. Please note, we do allow for these addresses to be visible so don’t give us your home address. This allows for users to search for providers using geolocation. You can note in the body of your advertisement if you have multiple airports you can operate out of, just give us the address of the airport you primarily operate out of.
State: This is not an operational limitation, just a database reference that helps search functions and listing service providers. Whatever state you’re based in – even if you’re mobile, is best here.
Tags: We have pre-listed tags, but any single word here will do for your tag. This helps your listing be found easier and allows people to search via tags to narrow their search criteria down more specifically. This is completely optional, so if you can’t think of any, skip this step or come back to it later.
Extras: If you have other services you can provide for extra charges such as logbook audit or a standard 1 hour ground session for a briefing and/or debriefing you would add this here. You can add as many items here as you wish.
Description: Short and sweet, what are you providing? How do you help your clients? Other airports you operate out of? Are you willing to travel? Provide some details here.
Scheduling
There are various settings to help people book and schedule your services. You can manipulate these services to fit your needs as a provider.
- Booking note: This is simply an additional note that is revealed once the booking is complete. This can be anything such as more pertinent details. For example, a thank you note for using your services or providing a list of required equipment for a student to bring with them (headset, iPad or sectional charts) and so on.
- Booking offset: How much notice do you need before the booking? One week? 24hrs? Set this offset here in days.
- Booking window: How many days in advance can your clients book your services? This is highly dependent on your schedule and is set by number of days.
- Booking days: These are the days you wish to work with clients on our platform. M-F? Just the weekends? Totally up to you!
- Booking available: Set as a from and to function you can determine how early in the morning you can receive bookings and how late at night as well.
- Booking duration: This is the total booking time for the service you are providing. The price must match the cost for the entire duration. For example, if the booking duration is 3hrs and you charge $75 per hour the price should show no less than $225 (you can make the price higher if you wish to off-set other costs or include costs in the overall price.
- Booking slot interval: Do you need time in between bookings? To swap aircraft? Refuel? Attend to personal needs? This item is set in minutes.
- Manually accept new bookings: Select this box if you want to review all bookings before their accepted and placed on your calendar.
If you use iCal or Google Calendar, you can upload your calendar to Flyber so your clients can see when you have open blocks. This is a fantastic way to increase efficiency of your schedule by allowing users to see when you have time and fill that time with flight hours and billable time.
Once you’ve completed the form’s required attributes, you’re ready to list! You will received an email once you’ve listed your service and any time someone books your services. Listing a service does require registration, but is completely free of charge.
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