Tach and Hobbs is a complete reboot of the way you schedule and manage your aircraft. Who is behind Tach and Hobbs? Why Tach and Hobbs?
Tach and Hobbs was founded by Errol, a commercial pilot, and Brian, a private pilot. One summer day in 2012, we were on a hundred-dollar hamburger run in a rented Cessna Skyhawk to Monterey Regional Airport when we realized that we would not make it back to the FBO by the end of our reservation. Brian pulled out his smartphone and attempted to extend the reservation for another 30 minutes using th
e FBO's scheduling software, only to receive a very cryptic error message. Something about not being permitted to "change a reservation that occurred in the past" and an error code ending in "XJ900." What followed was:
A lengthy phone call back to the FBO during which the front-desk worker struggled with the scheduling system to extend the reservation by a mere 30 minutes
A quick discussion while on hold between us regarding the stupidity of that error message
After the call finally ended, a much lengthier discussion about the primitive state of flight scheduling software, and what it would take to leverage our backgrounds in software design to build a far better system
This was the day that Tach and Hobbs was born, with the goals of bringing very thoughtful design, ease of use, and modern technology to aircraft scheduling systems.
