Airline Crew App
PDC CrewConnex
PDC’s CrewConnex is an airline crew roster app that serves as the crew’s entry point to roster planning. In this way, CrewConnex helps ensure that the right crew with the right qualifications is in the right place at the right time. It manages schedules, while also preventing conflicts and ensuring compliance with various laws and regulations.
In addition, the CrewConnex app provides a user-friendly, modern mobile experience with a wide range of features. Through the app, crew members (both pilots and cabin crew) can view their rosters and personal information, request vacation and check availability, track expiry dates for mandatory checks, communicate with planners, and message other crew members assigned to the same trip, among other functions.
CrewConnex is not a standalone module and requires you use PDC FlightCrew.
Reasons for Selecting PDC's Crew Roster App
CrewConnex gives pilots, cabin crew and flight engineers a single, intuitive app to view their roster, submit requests, swap duties, track qualifications, communicate with operations and stay compliant — while giving airlines a powerful tool to reduce administrative workload and keep crew informed in real time.
Available as a native mobile app, a progressive web app and a full web experience, CrewConnex meets crew wherever they are — on the ground, in the crew room or on the move — with offline support that keeps essential information at their fingertips even without a connection.
“One of the most evident benefits Bulgaria Air has experienced switching to the PDC AirlineSuite, is the increased compliance and efficiency in their slot management process.”

What does PDC’s airline crew app include?
- Multi-channel access — native mobile (iOS/Android), progressive web app and full web client.
- Offline-first resilience — essential roster and duty data cached for use without connectivity.
- Real-time notifications — forced notifications, acknowledgements and live badge counts across the app.
- Secure by design — biometric login, session timeout handling, forced password change and read-only access modes.
- Configurable per airline — features switch on and off centrally to match each operator’s needs.
- Reporting & PDF export — schedules, qualifications, accounts and experience exportable as formatted PDFs.
- Calendar integration — sync the roster to crew members’ personal calendar apps.
- Built-in help & onboarding — contextual help, guided onboarding and a ‘What’s New’ feature for every release.
Why should we use PDC CrewConnex?
CrewConnex transforms manual, phone- and paper-driven crew processes into streamlined digital self-service, delivering measurable value to operations teams and crew alike.
- Reduce operational workload. Crew self-service for requests, swaps, sick reports and document acknowledgement cuts the volume of calls, emails and manual data entry that crew control teams handle every day.
- Keep crew informed in real time. Push notifications, in-app badges and a centralised notification centre ensure roster changes and important messages reach crew the moment they happen.
- Strengthen compliance and safety. Qualification, licence and training visibility with expiry tracking and acknowledgement workflows helps keep every crew member current and audit-ready.
- Improve crew satisfaction and retention. Transparent rosters, easy swaps, vacation bidding and preference management give crew more control over their working lives.
- Work anywhere, even offline. Cached rosters and duty details remain accessible without a connection, so crew are never left without their schedule.
- Deploy your way. One platform delivered as a native app, PWA or web experience, configurable per airline so you enable exactly the features you need.
Is PDC CrewConnex built for airlines?
Yes, CrewConnex is built and engineered for the realities of airline operations, flexible to configure, dependable in the field and secure by design.
- Configurable feature set. Enable only the modules each operation needs; capabilities are driven centrally per airline.
- Flexible deployment. Deliver as a native mobile app, a progressive web app or a web client from one platform.
- Enterprise-grade security. Biometric authentication, session management and access controls protect crew and company data.
- Brandable experience. A clean, modern interface that can carry your airline’s identity.
What are the features in PDC CrewConnex?
CrewConnex brings the full crew workflow into one app. Features are grouped below by theme; airlines can enable any combination to suit their operation.
Schedule & Roster
- Roster
What it does. The central hub where crew view their duties and assignments across compact, list and calendar views, with filtering and at-a-glance duty detail.
Benefit. Crew always know where they need to be – with the level of detail they want. - Day Schedule
What it does. A detailed single-day view of crew assignments with customisable columns and PDF export.
Benefit. Fast, focused visibility of a specific day’s operation, ready to share or print. - Master Schedule
What it does. A long-range, multi-crew schedule searchable by crew member and date range, with PDF export.
Benefit. Supports planning and forecasting across the wider crew picture.
Requests & Availability
- Calendar Requests
What it does. Crew submit day-off and schedule-change requests with priority ordering within defined availability windows.
Benefit. Replaces manual request handling with a transparent, prioritised digital queue. - Vacation Requests & Bidding
What it does. A vacation bidding system with bidding periods, accrual-based counters, recurrence patterns and priority sorting.
Benefit. Streamlines leave planning and makes the bidding process fair and visible. - Willing to Work
What it does. Crew flag days off on which they are available for additional work, with bulk status changes across multiple days.
Benefit. Helps operations quickly source willing crew for open duties. - Report Sick
What it does. Crew report sick leave with an expected return date and update existing records.
Benefit. Immediate, accurate notification of absences to keep operations responsive.
Crew Collaboration
- Duty Swap
What it does. A self-service trading platform to create, search for, request and manage duty swaps – covering my swaps, requested swaps, search and add new.
Benefit. Empowers crew to resolve schedule conflicts themselves, reducing manual rostering effort. - Chat
What it does. An internal messaging system with read/unread tracking, recipient filtering and the ability to reference specific duties.
Benefit. Keeps crew coordination fast, contextual and within a single trusted app.
Compliance & Development
- Qualifications
What it does. View licences and ratings with expiry tracking, document management, acknowledgement workflow and PDF export.
Benefit. Keeps crew current and the airline audit-ready, with clear visibility of what’s expiring. - Training
What it does. Activity-based training records with document attachment and update capability.
Benefit. Centralises training history and evidence for compliance and development. - Experience
What it does. Cumulative flying-hour tracking and experience metrics by category, with date filtering and PDF export.
Benefit. Gives crew and the airline an accurate, exportable record of accrued experience.
Flight Operations
- Pilots Log
What it does. A flight-crew logbook integrated with the flight operations system, including approach and landing information.
Benefit. A single, accurate source for cockpit-crew flight records. - Debriefing
What it does. Post-flight debriefing reports for cabin crew, linked to flight operations data.
Benefit. Structured, consistent capture of post-flight information. - Register Additional Work
What it does. Self-service logging of unscheduled work activities with edit and delete support.
Benefit. Ensures all worked time is captured accurately for pay and compliance.
Personal & Account
- Profile
What it does. Personal details, document storage, calendar integration and password management in one place.
Benefit. Crew keep their own information current and connected to their devices. - Preferences
What it does. Period-based scheduling preferences crew set to influence their rosters.
Benefit. Captures crew preferences digitally to support better, fairer rostering. - Accounts
What it does. Account balances and accruals across multiple account types with historical tracking and PDF export.
Benefit. Transparent visibility of crew counters and balances reduces payroll queries.
Information & Support
- Information Library
What it does. A searchable repository of company documents and notices with read-status tracking and acknowledgement workflows.
Benefit. Ensures critical operational information reaches and is acknowledged by crew. - Airport Information
What it does. Reference data including hotels, pickup services and airport-specific details, searchable by code or name.
Benefit. Gives crew the practical information they need at every destination. - Help, Onboarding & What’s New
What it does. Contextual help, guided onboarding for new users and release highlights.
Benefit. Speeds adoption and keeps crew informed as the app evolves. - External Links
What it does. Curated links to the airline’s other systems and resources.
Benefit. A single launch point for everything crew need.
Notifications
- Notification Centre
What it does. A centralised hub for all notifications with forced notifications, acknowledgement and real-time badge counts.
Benefit. Nothing important gets missed — crew see and confirm critical updates.
What is delivered with PDC CrewConnex
Read about the main features and functionalities in PDC CrewConnex
FlightCrew Optimiser
The PDC FlightCrew Optimiser automates crew pairing and roster creation.
Airline User Group Meetings
Customers of the PDC AirlineSuite are automatically part of the PDC Airline Community, which includes yearly user group meetings.
Accelerated "Go-live"
We estimate 3-4 months to deployment, contingent on your internal resources.