A further enhancement of the CrewCall system from Cobalt as used by the leading charter carrier airline JMC is to be implemented this month. The new functionality allows flight deck and cabin crew members to record details of their training records in accordance with emergent Civil Aviation Authority requirements.

Notably, this change is only the second alteration to the business functionality of the Cobalt system since its deployment in 1999, during which time it has taken over 1 million calls.

"Experience has given us considerable confidence in the resilience and reliability of our Cobalt system" said JMC Crew Scheduling Manager Jeremy Probets. "Rather than use paper based records to meet this new need, we have chosen to ask Cobalt to contribute to a solution whereby training logs are held in the form of voice recordings. The CAA have been supportive of this innovative approach and we feel sure that this method will be not only more efficient, but considerably more cost-effective as well".

Notes to editors

The British charter airline JMC Airlines supports JMC Holidays Limited and is a part of the Thomas Cook group. Created through a merger between Caledonian Airways and Flying Colours in September 1999, the name is taken from the initials of John Mason Cook, son of Thomas Cook, founder of the Thomas Cook leisure company.  

JMC Airlines boasts one of the most modern technologically advanced fleets in UK Leisure Aviation with 15 Boeing 757-200s, 10 Airbus A320s, 2 Airbus A330's and 2 Boeing 757-300s.  Click here to transfer to the JMC website - www.jmc.com