Crewchief Systems has added a conversational AI capability to its aircraft management platform, allowing subscribers to query airworthiness directives, inspection schedules and compliance status by voice or text.

AskCrewchief is available now to Crewchief GA subscribers on mobile and web-based desktop platforms, with access also extended to Crewchief MX users. The tool draws on data already held within the platform, including digitised maintenance records, real-time operations capture and correlations with manufacturer and regulatory requirements, to return plain-language answers without requiring users to search through individual records manually.

For operators managing multiple aircraft, the capability queries across the entire fleet in a single interaction.

The launch follows a series of integrations that have expanded the platform's data sources, including telemetry feeds from Garmin and Air Sync, automated flight-log estimates via FlightAware, and the introduction of Crewchief Intelligence Reports. AskCrewchief is positioned as the interface layer that makes that underlying intelligence directly queryable.

"From day one, our goal has been to give the aviation community clear, in-context answers when they need them," says Aaron de Zafra, co-founder and CEO of Crewchief Systems. "AskCrewchief takes everything our platform understands about an aircraft's service history and makes accessing it as natural as asking a question."

The capability is included within existing subscriptions at no additional cost.