From 2 December 2026 every Part 119 operator, and many Part 138 operators, must be operating an SMS, not just holding a manual. We write plain-English guides for chief pilots doing this for the first time, and we are building the tool that keeps the records alive for you.
Take the free 4-minute Gap Check Read the deadline guideWho is caught, the dates, the notification form, the micro-operator rule, and what "implemented" means to CASA.
Read the guide →The four components and twelve elements, each explained at small-operator scale with the evidence an inspector asks for.
Read the guide →The weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual cadence, the records list, and a month-by-month first year.
Read the guide →CASA gives you a sample manual and a template. It does not give you a safety manager. After the deadline, every hazard report still has to be classified, every risk assessed, every audit written up, every quarterly review minuted, and every record kept in a form you can hand to an inspector. For a small operator that is a part-time safety job that lands on the chief pilot, forever.
We are building software that does the drafting and the record-keeping, with a human approving every entry:
We are taking the first twenty operators into a founding group. You get the tool at half price for twelve months, direct input into what gets built first, and your evidence pack ready before the deadline. In return we ask for honest feedback in writing, once a fortnight.
Read the founding operator offer Start with the Gap Check
Built in Melbourne by a founder with a background in enterprise program delivery inside Australia's air navigation service provider, now building software with AI for regulated operators. Skycot is the platform underneath, designed around the things safety managers and inspectors actually care about: an auditable record of every action, an approval before anything is committed, and a system that will not overclaim what it knows.