Viewing Squawks

Overview

The Squawks page is your organization's living maintenance log — a single place to see every reported issue across the entire fleet, no matter which aircraft or which pilot filed the report. Before any flight, a quick scan of open squawks for your aircraft tells you exactly what has been reported and what you may encounter. After a flight, it confirms that anything you noticed has been documented and is being tracked.

Visibility into the squawk list is important for everyone in the club, not just maintenance staff. Pilots who review squawks before flying are better informed about the current condition of the aircraft they are about to take up. Maintenance personnel can prioritize work based on which issues are grounding versus advisory. Club managers can see the overall health of the fleet at a glance. The squawk list is most valuable when everyone treats it as a shared resource — reading it before flights, filing new entries after flights, and following up when questions arise.

Accessing Squawks

Click Squawks in the navigation bar to see all squawks across all aircraft in your organization. The page shows open squawks by default. Closed squawks are hidden unless you choose to show them.

You can also reach squawks for a specific aircraft by navigating to Aircraft, selecting an aircraft, and viewing its squawk tab.

Filtering the List

Two filters let you narrow the squawk list to what you need:

• Filter by Aircraft — A dropdown at the top left lets you focus on one aircraft. Your selection is remembered between sessions so that if you typically fly the same airplane, the list is already pre-filtered when you return. Select All Aircraft to see squawks across the whole fleet.
• Show closed squawks — A checkbox that is unchecked by default. Open squawks are the actionable ones, so closed squawks are hidden to reduce noise. Check this box when you need to review resolution history or look up a past issue.

You can combine both filters — for example, show all squawks including closed ones for a specific aircraft — to see a complete history for that tail number.

Reading the Squawk List

Each squawk in the list shows:

• Aircraft — The tail number and aircraft type
• Occurrence Date — When the issue was first observed
• Description — What was reported, along with a red Recommend Grounding badge if the reporter indicated a grounding concern
• Reported by — Who filed the squawk
• Maintenance Comments — Notes added by maintenance staff during review or resolution
• Status — Either OPEN (amber) or CLOSED (grey)
• A paperclip indicator when photos or documents are attached

Squawks are sorted so that open issues appear first, with grounding squawks at the top of the open group. This ordering ensures the most safety-critical items are always visible without scrolling.

Squawk Details

Click any row to open the full squawk details. The detail view shows:

• The complete description as originally written
• Occurrence date and the name of the person who reported it
• Maintenance Comments, if any have been added
• All attached photos and documents. Images are shown inline at full size; PDFs and other files appear as downloadable links.

The detail view is read-only. If you have the Maintenance role or are an Account Owner, you will also see an edit button (pencil icon) in the row, which opens the edit dialog where you can update the squawk.

Squawk Statuses

Centerline uses two statuses:

• OPEN — The issue has been reported and has not yet been formally closed. All open squawks need attention. Grounding squawks among these mean the aircraft should not fly until reviewed.
• CLOSED — Maintenance has reviewed and resolved the issue, or has made a documented determination about it. Closed squawks are hidden by default but remain in the record permanently.

Sharing a Squawk

Each squawk has a link icon in its row. Clicking it copies a direct URL to that squawk to your clipboard. You can share this link with a mechanic, send it in a message to club leadership, or paste it into a maintenance communication. When someone opens the link, they land directly on the squawk detail view.

Tips

• Make it part of your preflight. Checking open squawks before every flight takes thirty seconds and can surface information that changes your go/no-go decision.
• Pay attention to grounding badges. A red Recommend Grounding badge means a pilot believed the aircraft should not fly. Treat it seriously and verify with maintenance before proceeding.
• Maintenance Comments are your update channel. After maintenance looks at a squawk, they often add comments explaining what they found, what was done, or what was deferred. These comments appear both in the list and in the detail view.
• Use the aircraft filter if you fly regularly. Setting the filter to your usual aircraft means the list shows only what is relevant to you each time you visit.
• Closed squawks are not deleted. Closing a squawk does not erase it. The full history, including the original description, any attachments, and maintenance comments, remains accessible when you enable Show closed squawks.