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aeroEBT

EBT and CBTA software for airlines and ATOs

EBT and CBTA software. Keep your programme from drifting and prove it to your authority.

We turn EBT from a complex process into a simple daily operation.

aeroEBT runs the ORCA cycle (observe, record, classify, assess) and what follows it: debrief, report, calibrate. Instructors open the session, grade and debrief; concordance and authority evidence come from the same record. Aligned to ORO.FC.231 and ICAO Doc 9995. Your training records are held in data centres in Switzerland.

Book a demoSee the Contextual Composition Protocol

  • Topproduct

  • Mostinnovative

  • Highassurance

Where EBT programmes break. Three problems every Head of Training recognises.

  • Drift

    Within two to three years, many programmes slide back from training to checking. Nobody decides it; it just happens.

  • Concordance

    Two instructors, one crew, two different grades. Without measuring it, your training data is partly noise.

  • Evidence

    The data exists, but the story your authority asks for (what you saw, what you changed, what improved) takes weeks to assemble.

In the simulator

Focus on training, not the app. One procedure on iPad: open the session, grade, debrief.

In the simulator, an instructor's attention belongs to the crew. Notes are written as the session happens, typed or handwritten, online or offline. aeroEBT proposes observations and competencies from those notes, and the instructor confirms them.

  • Grading to your competency framework and grading scale, in three taps or fewer
  • Offline in the device, synchronised automatically, with signatures and paper-parity PDF records
  • Concordance and audit evidence come from the same entries: no parallel forms, no second system
  • Learned in one session with a colleague
KNO12345OB-1OB-2OB-3KNOPROCOMFPASAWOfflineHandwritten noteNotes → proposed observationsSyncs later
The instructor app during a simulator session.Illustrative

A technology developed by SkyDynamics

Every action already knows its background. The Contextual Composition Protocol, behind every aeroEBT application.

The Contextual Composition Protocol holds all the data relevant to a task in memory, so whenever someone acts, the system already knows the background.

Comment on an event or a failure, and the protocol is already holding the scenario, the failure information and the scope of the programme.

In the EBT Scenario Builder

Every comment and change is made with the whole scenario and its failure information behind it.

  • Scenarios come out clear and compliant in fewer steps and fewer review meetings
See the Scenario Builder

In the instructor app

Every instructor records and assesses with the same correlated context.

  • The app holds the scenario phase, the event in play and the observable behaviours to look for
See the instructor app

The protocol never intervenes in what a designer or an instructor decides, and nobody operates it directly.

From your SMS to the simulator

Great EBT starts with the scenario. The EBT Scenario Builder turns your own safety data into checked scenarios.

Train for the risks your own safety data shows, not a generic list: the capability that enhanced EBT rests on.

  1. Your safety data

    • Occurrences
    • FDM / FOQA trends
    • Audit findings

  2. Contextual Composition Protocol

    • The whole scenario held in memory
    • Every change made in context
    • AeroBrain assistant, optional

  3. Checked in real time

    • Requirements
    • Coverage
    • Difficulty

  4. Instructor app

    • The same scenario
    • Its intent and observable behaviours
    • Offline on iPad

  • Built from your SMS data

    Safety findings become prioritised training needs, then scenarios.

  • Checked as you write

    Coverage, A/B/C topics, equivalency and difficulty, in real time.

  • Tailored to the group

    Weight the design toward the competencies a trainee group is struggling with.

Explore the Scenario Builder

Case study

Nine steps, one session. From specification to checked EBT scenario in about two hours, by one person.

Aegean Airlines, with a fleet of about 80 aircraft, simplified its EBT scenario development with aeroEBT and saved hundreds of man-hours. Like most airline training departments, it built each EBT scenario through thirteen stages: a specification approval, design drafts and meetings, a compliance check, an email review round, two simulator runs and a classroom standardisation meeting before the scenario reached its instructors. With aeroEBT, the Contextual Composition Protocol already gives every step its context, so one person completes steps 1 to 9 in the EBT Scenario Builder in about two hours. Validation becomes one optional simulator run, and the scenario goes straight to distribution. Beyond the man-hours saved, each scenario carries its own compliance evidence and instructors start from the same reference.

Steps 1 to 9 before
A team, meetings and email
Steps 1 to 9 with aeroEBT
One person, about two hours
TodayThirteen stages across a team, with meetings, an email round and two simulator runs.
  1. 1

    OMD & manuals

    EBT·CBTA standards

  2. 2

    SpecificationEvery semester

    A/B/C list approved

  3. 3

    Designers

    scenario & training

  4. 4

    DraftsMeetings

    shared & iterated

  5. 5

    Draft 1

    consolidated

  6. 6

    Compliance checkRework loop

    balance & smoothness

  7. 7

    TRE reviewEmail round

    optional, by email

  8. 8

    Draft 2

    revised

  9. 9

    Sim 1

    instructor trial

  10. 10

    Sim 2

    instructor trial

  11. 11

    StandardisationMeeting

    classroom meeting

  12. 12

    Final version

    distributed to instructors

  13. 13

    In useCalibration loop

    TREs with trainees

With aeroEBTSteps 1–9 in one session, one optional run, then straight to distribution.
  1. 1–9

    Scenario Builder sessionone person · about 2 hours

    The OMD standards and the approved A/B/C specification are already in the builder. One person drafts with AeroBrain, sees compliance, smoothness and the distribution of competencies, complexity and difficulty while writing, and checks every event against the aircraft procedures and the simulator's failure list. The drafts, meetings, email review and design check in the simulator fold into one session.

  2. 10

    One validation runoptional

    If the training department wants it, one simulator run from the instructor app confirms the scenario. A second run to catch design errors is no longer needed.

  3. 11

    Standardisationmeeting skipped

    No classroom meeting. Each instructor receives the scenario's intent and the observable behaviours it calls for at each step of the instructor app.

  4. 12

    Distributionto every instructor app

    The approved scenario goes straight to the instructor app on every iPad, the same version at every base.

  5. 13

    In useconcordance measured

    Grades feed concordance automatically. Calibration goes only where drift shows, and the findings flow into the next specification.

The Contextual Composition Protocol holds and correlates

  • OMD & A/B/C specification
  • Competency framework & grading scale
  • SMS findings
  • Aircraft & simulator catalogue
  • Grading history & concordance

  • One draft

    Compliance and balance are checked as the scenario is written: three drafts become one.

  • One optional simulator run

    One validation run, if the training department wants it, instead of two.

  • Straight to distribution

    No classroom meeting: the scenario intent and observable behaviours reach each instructor in the app.

About two hours for steps 1 to 9 is SkyDynamics' figure for one trained user of the EBT Scenario Builder; it varies with scenario complexity. The specification is still approved by the training manager or a designated person.

See it in the Scenario Builder

Assess and debrief

A loop, not a checklist. ORCA: observe, record, classify, assess. Then debrief, report and calibrate.

ORCA is the four steps of the session. aeroEBT closes the loop with three more, and the last two are the ones programmes most often leave open.

  1. Observe

    The instructor watches behaviour, not items: what the crew did, when, and under what pressure.

  2. Record

    Observations and notes are captured in the moment, on iPad, not reconstructed from memory.

  3. Classify

    Each observation is tied to the competency and behaviour it evidences.

  4. Assess

    The instructor remains the assessor and grades against your framework and scale, with a full audit trail.

  5. Debrief

    Grades say what; notes say why. Notes become confirmed observations, so the narrative survives the session.

  6. Report

    The pilot record, the programme view and the authority pack come from the same data.

  7. Calibrate

    Each instructor is compared with the fleet baseline, and calibration is planned, run and measured again.

Instructor concordance

See who grades differently, and why. Each instructor against your fleet baseline, from the grades already entered.

aeroEBT shows each instructor's grade distribution against your fleet baseline, so calibration goes where it matters instead of re-briefing everyone.

Grade distribution per instructorFLEET BASELINEABCDE12345Gold standardCOutside bandReviewFlagged, not judged
Concordance across a fleet, instructor by instructor.Illustrative

  • Drift per instructor

    Who grades higher or lower than the fleet baseline.

  • Nothing extra in the session

    The comparison comes from normal grading: no separate form, no extra tick-box.

  • Calibration on record

    Calibration sessions are planned and recorded in the same system, then measured for effect.

Read the instructor concordance guide

How we know

Methodology and evidence. What the product checks, and what we do not claim.

aeroEBT is built around EASA ORO.FC.231, ORO.FC.232 and ICAO Doc 9995. The statements below describe what the software does in product use; they are not a substitute for your authority's approval of your programme.

EBT Scenario Builder: checks in detail

  • Scenario design from safety data

    The EBT Scenario Builder imports operator safety management data (occurrence reports, FDM/FOQA exports, LOSA and audit findings) and proposes prioritised training needs. A "Why training?" check runs before a need enters the programme; the training team approves proposals.

  • ORO.FC.232 A/B/C and equivalency

    While a designer edits a scenario, the builder checks evaluation-phase requirements, ORO.FC.232 A/B/C topic coverage, malfunction equivalency (ORO.FC.231(f)), competency and observable-behaviour distribution, and load and difficulty. Programme structure setup on a type with ready-made data also checks A/B/C coverage as the programme is built.

  • AI assistance (Level 1B)

    AeroBrain drafts scenarios and suggests observations from instructor notes. Output is always a proposal until a person accepts it. The instructor remains the assessor. SkyDynamics classifies this as human cognitive assistance (EASA AI Level 1B) and tracks it against published AI guidance; it is not an EASA approval.

  • One record with TMS

    Grading, qualifications, courses, documents and training administration for the airline training department can sit on the same record through the included SkyDynamics TMS. Agents may draft plans or chase expiries; a person approves every change.

Evidence and data

Your training records, under your control. Evidence from live data, held in Swiss data centres and exportable.

The evidence your authority asks for comes from the live record: what you saw, what you changed, what improved. The record itself is held in data centres in Switzerland.

  • Built around EASA ORO.FC.231 and ICAO Doc 9995 for EBT, and ICAO Doc 9868 for CBTA.

  • Training records and documents are stored in data centres in Switzerland, under the revised Swiss Data Protection Act (revFADP). Personal data is processed in the EU under the GDPR.

  • Deploy in your own infrastructure where your IT or regulator requires it.

  • Training records remain yours and can be exported.

Pick a point to mark it in the diagram.

EBT does not end at the simulator. It connects to the device, the fleet baseline and the pilot's path to the line.

Further reading

Getting started

Set up in under 15 minutes. The programme structure, from ready-made data for your aircraft type.

On an aircraft type with ready-made data, your EBT settings and the structure of the whole programme are in place in less than 15 minutes instead of months.

Building the programme structure by hand
Months
In aeroEBT, from ready-made type data
Under 15 minutes

  • It starts from ready-made data

    Procedure lists, failure databases, event libraries and A/B/C topic lists are already there.

  • Checked as it is built

    A/B/C topic coverage (ORO.FC.232) is checked as the programme is built.

  • Approval stays with your authority

    This is the setup in aeroEBT. Approving the programme remains between you and your competent authority.

SkyDynamics' figure for setting up the EBT settings and the programme structure in aeroEBT on an aircraft type with ready-made data. Importing records, training instructors and the parallel run follow in your first 90 days.

See your programme set up in a demo

Implementation

Your first 90 days. From mapping your EBT programme to go-live, with a parallel run.

A typical rollout; timings are agreed after the demo. Start on mixed EBT and move to baseline EBT on your own timeline.

Pick a week to see where the rollout stands

Week 13 of 13: Go live

  1. Weeks 1–2

    Your programme, grading scale and competency framework mapped into aeroEBT.

  2. Weeks 3–4

    Fleets, instructors, pilots and historical records imported.

  3. Weeks 5–6

    Instructor training and a first calibration session.

  4. Weeks 7–10

    aeroEBT alongside your current process, compared session by session.

  5. Weeks 11–13

    Go-live and a briefing pack for your authority.

Ready-made training data

Ready for your aircraft type. Scenario data for the A320, B737, Q400, ATR 72 and the other types listed here.

Pre-built scenarios, training documentation, procedure lists, failure databases and event libraries are available for these types, together with the A/B/C topic lists for the whole programme.

Airbus

  • A320Airbus A320
  • A220Airbus A220
  • A330Airbus A330
  • A350Airbus A350
  • A380Airbus A380

Boeing

  • B777Boeing 777
  • B737Boeing 737
  • B787Boeing 787

De Havilland Canada

  • Q400Dash 8-400

ATR

  • ATR 72

Embraer

  • E195Embraer E195
  • E190Embraer E190
  • E175Embraer E175
  • E170Embraer E170

Plans

A plan for every organisation. Priced by pilot population and modules.

Every plan includes hosting in Swiss data centres and GDPR-compliant processing. Talk to us for a quote.

Find your version

One cycle, whoever you train. Airlines, flight schools, maintenance training, cabin crew and air traffic control.

One cycle

Observe, record, classify, assess, debrief, report, calibrate

aeroEBT and the alternatives

Dedicated to EBT and CBTA. And complete, where the alternatives cover a part.

The tools operators shortlist for EBT fall into four kinds, and each does part of the job well.

aeroEBT compared with four categories of alternative: training management suites, EBT grading and analytics tools, courseware and LMS suites with e-grading, and OEM or training-centre programmes
Training management suitesEBT grading and analytics toolsCourseware and LMS suites with e-gradingOEM and training-centre programmesaeroEBT
Digital grading in the simulatorYesYesYesVariesYes, offline on iPad
Instructor concordance from live gradesVariesVariesNot typicalVariesYes, against the fleet baseline
EBT scenario design in the same systemNot typicalNot typicalNot typicalProvider-authoredYes, the EBT Scenario Builder
Compliance checked while the scenario is writtenNot typicalNot typicalNot typicalNot typicalYes: A/B/C topics, equivalency, competency spread

Categories, not products: no supplier is named, and individual products differ. Based on SkyDynamics' review of publicly available product information in October 2026. Verify each row against the products on your shortlist.

How aeroEBT compares, in detail

aeroEBT: questions Heads of Training ask

aeroEBT, from SkyDynamics. It is EBT and CBTA software for airlines and ATOs that covers the whole cycle in one system: scenario design in the EBT Scenario Builder, grading in the offline iPad instructor app, instructor concordance measured against the fleet baseline, and authority reports from live data. It supports mixed and baseline EBT, is aligned to EASA ORO.FC.231 and ICAO Doc 9995 for EBT and ICAO Doc 9868 for CBTA, and includes a training management system (TMS).

Olympic Air runs the full aeroEBT suite, with every module and the EBT and CBTA training tools, on its entire ATR and Dash 8 fleets (since September 2026). AnimaWings uses the full suite with data hosting, for training management (TMS) and EBT and CBTA on its Airbus A220 and A320 fleets (since March 2026). Aegean Airlines acquired the first batch of the aeroEBT suite and the instructor tools for simulator training in November 2024. In maintenance training, Olympic Air MTO runs Part-66 and Part-147 training on aeroEBT (since February 2026). Each one is announced in the SkyDynamics news.

Six things: scenario design as well as grading, an instructor app that works offline in the simulator, concordance measured from the grades instructors already enter, your own competency framework and grading scale, authority evidence produced from live data, and ownership of your data, with export and an on-premises option. aeroEBT is built around all six, and the comparison guide sets them out by type of product.

Yes. aeroEBT is a digital training tool for EBT and CBTA: pilot training software that takes the place of paper grading forms and spreadsheets. Scenarios are designed in the EBT Scenario Builder, instructors grade on an iPad that works offline in the simulator, instructor concordance is measured from the grades already entered, and the reports for the authority come from the same record.

It is a technology developed by SkyDynamics that works behind the scenes of every aeroEBT application: the Scenario Builder, the instructor app, concordance and reporting. Nobody operates it directly. It holds all the data relevant to a specific task or workflow in memory, so at every moment the system knows the background to what the user is doing. When a designer comments on an event or a failure, for example, the protocol is already holding the scenario, the failure information and the whole scope of the programme, and it correlates the comment with any other data attached at that moment. In the EBT Scenario Builder this gives clear scenario generation with fewer steps and review meetings. During recording and assessment in the ORCA cycle, the instructor app gives every instructor the same correlated context, which is what instructor concordance depends on. It never intervenes in what a designer or an instructor decides. To see how it works on your programme, contact us.

One session with a colleague, in practice. There is a single procedure (open the session, grade, debrief) and the concordance monitoring, competency mapping and audit evidence are produced from that, underneath. If instructors need a course to use it, the tool is wrong.

Not in the session. Each instructor's grading is compared with the fleet baseline from the grades they already enter: there is no separate form and no additional tick-box. Calibration sessions are the one separate exercise, and they are planned and recorded in the same system.

Enhanced EBT is the name for a programme tailored to an operator's own safety data rather than to the generic baseline. What aeroEBT provides is the capability behind it: findings from your safety management system (occurrence reports, FDM/FDA trends, LOSA and audit findings) are translated into the EBT scenario design method, the threats, errors and competencies each scenario must elicit. The EBT Scenario Builder turns that into instructor scripts from your aircraft catalogue, and the graded results show in the next cycle whether the risk moved. Your SMS stays the owner of safety management; aeroEBT uses its findings to design training. This describes what the software does; what your programme is approved as is decided with your competent authority.

Observe, record, classify, assess: the four steps an instructor works through in an evidence-based training session. aeroEBT closes the loop after them with debrief, report and calibrate, including the two that programmes most often leave open: reporting from live data, and calibrating instructors against the fleet baseline.

Yes. You can run a mixed programme today and move to baseline EBT on your own timeline, with the same app for instructors throughout. The move to baseline EBT still needs the approval of your competent authority; our guide to moving from mixed to baseline EBT sets out the phases.

Yes. aeroEBT is configured to your programme, framework and grading scale during the first weeks of implementation.

Yes. The iPad app captures grades and notes offline and synchronises when the device reconnects.

Each instructor's grade distribution is compared with the fleet baseline, from the grades already entered, which shows who grades higher or lower than the fleet. Calibration sessions are planned and recorded in the same system, and the comparison is repeated afterwards.

No. AeroBrain proposes observations from instructor notes and highlights trends; the instructor remains the assessor and confirms every entry.

Yes. aeroEBT serves organisations with thousands of users, with single sign-on through Microsoft or Google, a contractual SLA, role-based access across fleets, bases and AOCs, a security pack with penetration test reports, integrations with Microsoft, Google and WebAIMS, and a named onboarding and migration service. The enterprise page sets out each provision.

Yes. aeroEBT integrates with SkyDynamics TMS and offers API access on the Enterprise plan for other systems, including rostering.

You do. Training records can be exported, and an on-premises deployment is available.

In data centres in Switzerland, under the revised Swiss Data Protection Act (revFADP). Personal data is processed in the EU under the GDPR, and an on-premises deployment in your own infrastructure is available.

Less than 15 minutes for your EBT settings and the structure of the whole programme, instead of months, on an aircraft type with ready-made data: procedure lists, failure databases, event libraries and the A/B/C topic lists are already there. That is SkyDynamics' figure for the setup itself, not for the approval of the programme by your authority; importing records, training instructors and the parallel run follow in the first 90 days.

A typical rollout takes about 90 days from programme mapping to go-live, including a parallel run.

Complexity behind. Simplicity ahead.

Talk to our training team. In a 30-minute demo we look at your current EBT or CBTA programme, where it is drifting and what the first 90 days with aeroEBT would look like.

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