Navigating the Dashboard - Centerline Documentation

Overview

The dashboard is your command center in Centerline. Every time you log in, it gives you a prioritized view of what matters right now: whether you're in the air, what's coming up next, how your aircraft are holding up, and who to call if something needs attention. Rather than forcing you to hunt through menus to piece together the state of your club, the dashboard assembles that picture for you automatically — pulling live reservation data, open squawks, maintenance schedules, and your pilot currency into a single, scannable view.

This situational awareness isn't just a convenience feature. Knowing before you drive to the airport that your next aircraft has an open grounding squawk, or that your BFR expires in three weeks, lets you make better decisions and keeps the club operating safely. The dashboard is designed to surface the right information at the right time, even when you didn't know you needed to check it.

Dashboard Cards

The cards shown on your dashboard depend on whether you have aircraft access permissions. New members who haven't yet been granted access to any aircraft will see a simplified view with a welcome message and contact information while their administrator completes their setup. Once aircraft access is configured, the full dashboard appears.

Getting Started (Account Owners only)

If you're an Account Owner who just created a new organization, the Getting Started card appears at the top of your dashboard as a numbered guide with three action steps:

Add Your Aircraft — Links directly to the Aircraft tab in Setup so you can enter tail numbers, aircraft types, and other details.
Invite Your Members — Links to the Members page so you can send email invitations and assign roles.
Import Existing Data — Links to the Data Import tab in Setup if you have existing reservation or member records to bring over.

Once you've completed setup, click I'm done, hide this guide to dismiss the card. It will not reappear.

Current Flight

The Current Flight card only appears when you have a reservation that is currently in progress — specifically, a reservation whose start time has passed and whose end time is within the last hour. This is one of the most information-dense cards on the dashboard. It shows:

Aircraft tail number and type, with a link to the reservation in the calendar
Scheduled time block — the full start-to-end time of your reservation
Destination, if you entered one when booking
Time remaining — a live countdown to your reservation's scheduled end time, displayed prominently in teal
Finish Flight button — lets you end the reservation early. If your organization has Time Tracking enabled, clicking this button opens a dialog to record your Hobbs and tach times before closing out.
Maintenance alert — if the aircraft is under an active maintenance block, a prominent warning appears in the card header
Squawks status — shows a summary (e.g., "2 open squawks, 1 grounding") that you can expand to see individual squawk descriptions. Clicking a squawk opens a detail dialog with the full report.
Maintenance schedules status — shows whether any maintenance items on this aircraft are overdue or due within 5 days, with expandable details per item
Currency status — shows the state of your Medical, BFR, and Club Review expirations. Items expiring within 30 days show a warning; expired items show a danger state.
Next Reservation — shows who has the aircraft next, so you know if you need to plan your return carefully

The card is highlighted with a teal border when the aircraft is clear, or a coral (red) border when there are grounding issues.

Next Flight

The Next Flight card is the prominent hero card on your dashboard when no flight is currently in progress. It shows your next upcoming reservation in detail:

Aircraft tail number and type — links to the reservation on the calendar
Scheduled date and time with start and end times
Destination, if entered
Time until departure — a countdown (e.g., "Tomorrow at 9:00 AM", "In 3 days", or a specific date for further-out reservations)
Backup badge — if your reservation is a backup (overlapping with another active reservation), the card is highlighted with an amber border and labeled "Backup" to remind you it isn't confirmed yet
Maintenance alert — if the aircraft is scheduled for maintenance during your reservation window, a warning appears prominently
Squawks, Maintenance schedules, and Currency — same expandable status rows as the Current Flight card, so you can do a pre-flight check of the aircraft and your own currency right from the dashboard
Next Reservation on the aircraft — who has it after you, so you can plan accordingly

If you have no upcoming reservations, the card displays an empty state with a prompt to book a flight.

Upcoming Flights

The Upcoming Flights card shows up to four of your next scheduled reservations after your Next Flight. Each entry displays:

The aircraft tail number and type
The scheduled date and start time
Your destination, if entered
A Backup badge if the reservation is in backup status

Clicking any reservation navigates to that date on the calendar with the reservation highlighted. This card is a quick way to scan your next week of flying without opening the full calendar.

Upcoming Events

If your organization has the Events feature enabled, the Upcoming Events card appears alongside Upcoming Flights in a two-column layout. It lists up to five upcoming club events with:

Event title
Date and time (or just date for all-day events)
Location, if provided
A registration count badge (e.g., "3/10" for a capped event, or just the count for open events)
A green checkmark if you're already registered

Clicking an event takes you to the Events page with that event highlighted. A View all events link at the bottom takes you to the full events calendar.

Social Flights

The Social Flights card shows reservations from other members who have opted to share their flight with the club. When a member enables "Share with others" on their reservation, it appears here — an invitation for another member to join them for the flight.

Each social flight shows:

The member's name (with their initials as an avatar)
The aircraft tail number and type
The date and time window
The destination, if entered
A quoted message or comment from the member, if they added one

Clicking a social flight opens the calendar to that reservation so you can see details or reach out to the member through their contact info on the Members page.

This card supports the community aspect of club flying — it's how you find out a fellow member is heading to a fly-in next weekend and might welcome company.

Fleet Status (labeled "Squawks")

The Fleet Status card — labeled Squawks in the UI — shows a status summary for every aircraft you have access to, ordered by the club's configured sort order. For each aircraft you'll see:

Tail number and aircraft type
A status icon:
- Green checkmark — no open issues
- Amber warning triangle — open non-grounding squawks
- Red warning triangle — open grounding squawks
- Red wrench — aircraft is currently in a maintenance block
The first two open squawks, truncated to 40 characters, with grounding squawks shown in red and non-grounding in amber. Click any squawk to see the full detail.
A "+X more" note if there are more than two squawks

This card is intentionally compact — it's meant to give you a fast pre-flight situational awareness check across the whole fleet before you even look at a specific reservation.

Upcoming Maintenance

The Upcoming Maintenance card shows up to five maintenance schedule items across all your accessible aircraft that are due soon or already overdue. Each item displays:

The aircraft tail number and type
The maintenance item name (e.g., "Annual Inspection", "Oil Change")
Days remaining or hours remaining, depending on whether the item is calendar-based or tach-based
A progress bar that drains toward empty as the due date approaches — red when overdue, amber when critical (95%+ of the interval consumed), lighter amber when approaching

Items are surfaced before they become critical, giving maintenance staff and pilots early warning. If there are more than five items, a note at the bottom tells you how many additional items are approaching.

Aircraft Contacts

The Aircraft Contacts card lists contact information for people associated with each specific aircraft in your fleet — for example, an A&P mechanic, an aircraft owner in a partnership, or a leaseback lessor. For each aircraft that has contacts configured, you'll see:

The aircraft tail number and type as a section header
Each contact's name, role (e.g., "A&P Mechanic", "Owner"), company (for external contacts), email, and phone number as clickable links

This card only shows aircraft you have access to, and only if those aircraft have contacts configured by your administrator.

Organization Contacts

The Organization Contacts card lists key people and organizations for your club as a whole — for example, the Chief Pilot, Membership Coordinator, or an external FBO. Each contact shows:

Name and role label
For external contacts: company name and an "(External)" indicator
Email and phone number as clickable links

Your administrators configure these contacts in the Organization Setup section. They're intended to be the people a member would call when they have a question that isn't covered by the normal booking and squawk workflow.

Club Instructors

The Club Instructors card lists all members who have been designated as club instructors in their profile. For each instructor you'll see:

Their profile photo (or initials if no photo is set)
Full name and instructor rating (e.g., "CFI, CFII, MEI")
Email and phone number as clickable contact links
A brief description of their services, if they've added one

This card appears for all members — including new members who don't yet have aircraft access — because finding an instructor is often one of the first things a new pilot needs to do.

Welcome Aboard

New members who haven't yet been granted access to any aircraft see the Welcome Aboard card instead of the full flight dashboard. It's a friendly placeholder explaining that their administrator is still configuring their aircraft access. The Club Instructors and Organization Contacts cards are shown alongside it so new members have something useful to look at while they wait.

Dashboard — Return to the main dashboard at any time
Reserve — Open the reservation calendar to book flights or view existing reservations
Squawks — Browse all open squawk reports across the fleet
Maintenance — View maintenance schedules and logs
Members — View the member directory for your organization
Events — Browse and register for club events (if enabled by your organization)
Flight Logs — View your personal flight history (if Time Tracking is enabled)
Setup — Organization settings, aircraft configuration, and member management (Account Owners only)
Docs — Access this documentation

Tips

The notification bell in the top-right corner shows a badge count of your unread notifications. Click it to open the notification panel, or navigate to Dashboard > Notifications to see your full notification history.
Click your profile picture or initials in the top-right to access your profile settings, switch between organizations if you belong to multiple clubs, or sign out.
The dashboard respects your organization's configured timezone — all flight times, event times, and countdown timers are displayed in your club's local time, not your device time.
If an aircraft card shows a coral/red border on your Next Flight or Current Flight card, investigate before heading to the airport. Grounding squawks and active maintenance blocks are surfaced deliberately to give you time to make alternate arrangements.