Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT)

What Is FRAT?

The Flight Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) is a pre-flight safety workflow integrated into Aloft360's scheduling system. It prompts pilots to evaluate key risk factors before each flight and assigns a risk score of Low Risk (green), Caution (yellow), or High Risk (red).

FRAT helps organizations promote a safety culture and gives instructors and admins visibility into pilot self-assessments before a flight departs.

Enabling FRAT

FRAT is an org-level feature that must be enabled by an admin or owner.

Go to Settings → Organization.
Find the FRAT toggle.
Enable it and save.

Once enabled, a "Complete FRAT" badge appears on any scheduled reservation in the calendar view.

Completing a FRAT Assessment

From the Schedule

Open the Schedule page.
Find your upcoming reservation in the calendar or in "My Reservations."
Click the Complete FRAT badge on the reservation card.
You will be directed to the FRAT assessment form.

On the Assessment Form

Fill in the required fields:

Field	Description
Certificate Level	Student, Private, Commercial, ATP, etc.
Hours Last 90 Days	Total flight hours in the past 90 days
Weather Conditions	VMC, marginal VMC, or IMC
Wind Conditions	Calm, light, moderate, or strong
IFR Rating	Whether you hold an instrument rating

Additional questions may be shown depending on the flight type (day vs. night, local vs. cross-country).

Submitting

Click Submit Assessment. The system calculates a total score and assigns a risk level:

Risk Level	Score Range	Badge Color
Low Risk	0 – 12	Green
Caution	13 – 22	Yellow
High Risk	23+	Red

Hard Stops

A Hard Stop is a special flag that is triggered if a specific high-risk condition is met — regardless of the overall score. Examples include:

Flying IMC without an instrument rating
Zero flight hours in the past 90 days combined with IMC conditions

If a hard stop is triggered:

The FRAT result shows a Hard Stop badge in red, along with the reason.
The reservation is not cancelled automatically — the pilot or instructor must make the go/no-go decision.
Admins and owners can see the hard stop flag in the schedule.

Hard stops are designed to surface situations that may warrant additional oversight, not to prevent the flight automatically.

FRAT Badges on the Schedule

After a FRAT is submitted, the reservation card on the schedule calendar shows a colored badge:

Low Risk — green badge
Caution — yellow badge
High Risk — red badge

If no FRAT has been completed for a scheduled reservation, the "Complete FRAT" badge remains visible so you can click through to complete it.

Completed FRATs only show the badge — you can view full assessment details by clicking through to the flight log after check-in.

FRAT in Flight Logs

After a flight is completed (checked in), the associated FRAT assessment is visible on the Flight Log detail page:

Go to Aircraft → [Aircraft] → Flights.
Click on a flight log entry.
If a FRAT was completed for the reservation that generated this log, the FRAT Assessment card appears below the flight details.

The card shows:

Risk level and score
Hard stop indicator (if applicable)
Certificate level, hours last 90 days
Weather and wind conditions entered
IFR rating status

This creates a permanent record of the risk assessment linked to each flight, useful for safety reviews and audits.

Frequently Asked Questions

What if a pilot skips the FRAT? FRAT is not enforced — a pilot can check out without completing it. The "Complete FRAT" badge remains on the schedule card as a reminder, and the flight log will not show an assessment if none was submitted.

Who can see FRAT results? All org members with access to the schedule can see the FRAT badge (risk level). Full assessment details (all fields) are visible in the flight log to anyone who can view that aircraft's flights.

Can I disable FRAT after enabling it? Yes. Go to Settings → Organization and toggle FRAT off. Existing FRAT assessments remain in the system but will not be displayed while the feature is off.

Can I customize the FRAT scoring thresholds? Not in this version. The scoring thresholds and hard-stop conditions are standardized across the platform.