Company NOTAMs

Backoffice path: backoffice/company-notams

Available to roles: System Administrator, Administrator

Overview

Company NOTAMs (Notices to Airmen) are operational notices published by administrators to communicate important information to pilots. They can target specific airlines, fleets, aircraft, airports, or airspaces and can require pilot acknowledgement before booking. NOTAMs support scheduling, so notices can be prepared in advance and automatically activate and expire at the configured times.

NOTAM Fields

Field	Description
Title	A concise headline for the notice.
Body	The full content of the NOTAM, supporting rich text formatting (bold, italic, lists, headings, links).
Starts At	The date and time when the NOTAM becomes active.
Ends At	The date and time when the NOTAM expires.
Is Active	Manual toggle to enable or disable the NOTAM regardless of its scheduled dates.
Requires Acknowledgement	When enabled, pilots must acknowledge this NOTAM before they can book flights affected by its scope.

Scoping

Each NOTAM can have one or more scopes that define which operations it applies to. A single NOTAM can target multiple scopes simultaneously.

Scope Type	Description
Airline	Applies to all operations within the specified airline.
Fleet	Applies to all aircraft within a specific fleet type.
Subfleet	Applies to all aircraft within a specific subfleet.
Aircraft	Applies to a specific individual aircraft.
Airport (Departure)	Applies to flights departing from the specified airport.
Airport (Arrival)	Applies to flights arriving at the specified airport.
Airport (Any)	Applies to flights that either depart from or arrive at the specified airport.
Airspace	Applies to flights transiting a specified airspace or FIR.

Multiple scopes can be added to a single NOTAM. For example, a NOTAM about runway construction at KJFK could be scoped to Airport (Any) = KJFK, while a fleet-wide maintenance bulletin could be scoped to Fleet = B737.

NOTAM Status Lifecycle

NOTAMs progress through the following statuses based on their dates and the active toggle:

Status	Condition
Inactive	The is_active toggle is off, regardless of dates.
Scheduled	The is_active toggle is on, but starts_at is in the future.
Active	The is_active toggle is on, the current time is between starts_at and ends_at.
Expired	The current time is past ends_at.

Pilot Acknowledgement

When Requires Acknowledgement is enabled on a NOTAM, pilots must explicitly acknowledge they have read and understood the notice before they can book any flight that falls within the NOTAM's scope. This is useful for:

• Safety-critical operational changes.
• Temporary procedure modifications.
• Important weather or airspace advisories.
• Regulatory compliance notices.

Until a pilot acknowledges the NOTAM, the booking system blocks their attempt and displays the NOTAM content for review.

License-Aware Filtering

NOTAMs are automatically filtered based on the pilot's licenses. If a NOTAM targets a fleet, subfleet, or airport that requires a license the pilot does not hold, the NOTAM is considered irrelevant to that pilot and they will not be required to acknowledge it. This prevents pilots from being blocked by NOTAMs for operations they cannot access.

How it works:

• Airline, Aircraft, and Airspace scopes always apply to all pilots.
• Fleet, Subfleet, and Airport scopes are checked against the license_restrictions system. If the entity requires a license and the pilot does not hold it, that scope does not apply to them.
• A NOTAM is hidden from a pilot only when all of its scopes are irrelevant. If even one scope applies, the pilot still sees the NOTAM.

Soft Delete

Company NOTAMs support soft deletion. When a NOTAM is deleted, it is removed from the active list and no longer visible to pilots, but the record is retained in the database for audit purposes. This ensures historical traceability of all notices that were published.

Activity Log

The NOTAM edit page includes a paginated activity log that records every change to the NOTAM's attributes (title, dates, active status, acknowledgement settings, etc.) with timestamps and the staff member who made the change.

Managing NOTAMs

Staff can perform the following actions:

Action	Description
Create	Draft a new NOTAM with title, body, dates, scopes, and acknowledgement settings.
Edit	Modify an existing NOTAM's content, dates, scopes, or settings.
Activate/Deactivate	Toggle the is_active flag to manually control visibility.
Delete	Soft-delete a NOTAM, removing it from the active list while preserving the record.
View	Review the full NOTAM content, scopes, and acknowledgement status.