The operating system

The OS for
aircraft maintenance

The AI-driven operating system for aircraft maintenance shops — squawk to compliant sign-off in one system of record.

JP, the Wastegate assistant

Grounded by design

Manual-grounded. Cited. No hallucination.

Every JP answer is grounded by RAG in the customer’s indexed manuals and cites the exact page — mechanics can view and print the source. A 4-layer anti-hallucination pipeline (DB filter → tier filter → hard post-filter → prompt guardrail) keeps answers verifiable against the actual manual.

The platform

Everything the shop runs on, in one place

JP — the manual-grounded assistant

A production RAG engine with a 4-layer anti-hallucination pipeline, keyword fallback for OCR text, and visual diagnosis from photos. Cites the exact manual page; retrieval is org-aware.

  • Every answer cited to the real manual — never generated from memory
  • Cited-source extraction returns a merged PDF the mechanic can view and print
  • Tribal-knowledge loop: approved corrections compound into future answers

Operations — cases & work orders

Full case/squawk lifecycle and a 5-stage work-order pipeline with server-side validation at every gate. Part 121 adds a 12-step MOC workflow stepper with branching.

  • Auto-generated 14 CFR 43.9(a) logbook entries
  • MEL deferral tracking with category A/B/C/D countdowns (Part 121)
  • Fleet-wide MOC health dashboard for air carriers

Digital logbook & records

A permanent, tamper-evident system of record. Database triggers block UPDATE/DELETE on the audit log; field-level diffs preserve the full history.

  • Immutable audit trail per AC 120-78A
  • Per-aircraft digital records and logbook
  • Records transfer at aircraft sale

Compliance & AD tracking

Compliance enforced by the architecture, not bolted on. Per-aircraft AD compliance with automatic FAA Federal Register search by model and engine, plus overdue alerts.

  • AD tracker with automatic applicability search
  • Inspection schedule: annual, 100-hr, transponder, pitot-static, ELT
  • Color-coded status with overdue alerts

Owner portal (MyEJ companion)

A separate experience for aircraft owners and pilots, distinct from the mechanic-facing platform — visibility into their aircraft without touching the shop floor workflow.

  • Owner/pilot view, role-separated from mechanics
  • Preventive-maintenance sign-off scope per 14 CFR 43.3(g)
  • Records visibility and transfer at sale

Records QA engine

JP reviews logbook entries and work orders against approved data and CFR references — turning records review from an annual scramble into a continuous, provable process.

  • Scores findings by severity: critical / warning / info
  • Verifies each citation: verified / flagged / not-found
  • Runs inspection and applicability checks, produces a QA record per entry
In build (schema in place).

The workflow

One system, squawk to sign-off

Wastegate runs the maintenance organization as a single, compliance-aware system of record — with role-based access and AI assistance at every step.

  1. 01

    Squawk

    Open a case the moment a discrepancy is found — full lifecycle tracking from the first note.

  2. 02

    Troubleshoot

    JP answers from your actual manuals — cited to the exact page, with visual diagnosis from photos.

  3. 03

    Work order

    5-stage pipeline with server-side validation at each gate; auto-generates 14 CFR 43.9(a) logbook entries.

  4. 04

    Sign-off

    Role-gated to the 14 CFR 43.3/43.7 matrix — the right person signs the right work, every time.

  5. 05

    Permanent record

    Immutable, tamper-evident audit log per AC 120-78A — field-level history that survives the next inspection.

The edge

Why Wastegate

Manual-grounded AI

Every answer cites an actual manual page; no hallucination; source viewable and printable.

Full-stack system of record

Owns the workflow from squawk to sign-off — deep switching costs, unlike a bolt-on chatbot.

Proactive compliance

Role-gated sign-offs (43.3/43.7) and JP’s records QA are the architecture, not a feature.

Org-type aware

Purpose-built templates for Part 91, 121, 135, 141 and 145.

Built by a domain expert

An aviation maintenance instructor, not a software company guessing at the domain.

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