Quick start: your first job
From quote to a completed, paid work order in GearDown™. Pick your app.
GearDown Detailer PRO GearDown A&P PRO
GearDown Detailer PRO
The fastest way to see what GearDown does is to run one real job through it. The Your first job checklist on the home screen follows along and ticks off each step as you do it. Tap Show me how on the checklist to come back here, or Hide this when you no longer need it.
- Add your business name and logo. Under MENU, Business and documents. They print on every quote, work order and signed copy.
- Create the quote. Tap New Quote. Enter the customer and the aircraft, and tap Look up N-number (FAA) to fill in the make and model. Tap Exterior or Interior, tick the jobs and tap Add to quote, then enter the prices. Or tap Apply a service package.
- Send it to the customer. Tap Send to the customer for signature and send the link by text or email. The customer reviews the quote and signs on their own phone, with no app and no account.
- The customer approves. The signed copy comes back to the quote by itself, and your phone notifies you. If they approved on paper or by email instead, use Import approval from email (PDF) on the home screen.
- Turn it into a work order. Open the approved quote and tap Create work order. The customer, aircraft and services carry over.
- Do the work. Take before photos, work through each section of the work order, then take after photos. Everything saves as you go. If others work with you, assign the job to them (see Crew).
- Sign off the job. Finish Final checks, then Sign-offs: you sign, and the customer signs on your phone or online with Send to the customer for signature.
- Get paid. Send a card payment link with Send payment link, or record cash or a check with Mark paid.
The work order moves to Complete on the home screen, with the signed PDF saved to it. That’s a whole job, from quote to paid.
Printable guide (PDF, one page)
GearDown A&P PRO
The fastest way to see what GearDown does is to run one real job through it. The Your first job checklist on the home screen follows along and ticks off each step as you do it. Tap Show me how on the checklist to come back here, or Hide this when you no longer need it.
- Add your business name and logo. Under MENU, Business and documents. They print on every quote, work order and logbook entry.
- Create the quote. Tap New Quote, enter the customer and the aircraft, and tap Look up N-number (FAA) to fill in the make and model. Tap Inspections and airframe or Powerplant, systems and records, tick the jobs and tap Add to quote, then enter the prices.
- Send it to the customer. Tap Send to the customer for signature and send the link by text or email. The customer reviews and signs on their own phone, with no app and no account.
- The customer approves. The signed copy comes back to the quote by itself, and your phone notifies you.
- Create the work order. Open the approved quote and tap Create work order. The customer, aircraft and work carry over.
- Record the work. Enter what you found under Discrepancies, the work you did and your labor, and the parts you installed and removed. For a life-limited part, record its life status; for a removed one, also how it was controlled. Add photos if they help.
- Return to service and sign-offs. In Return to service, choose how the aircraft is operated and the inspection, if any. For an annual, 100-hour or progressive inspection, confirm the airworthiness limitations check. Then tap Approve for return to service: the app checks that you may sign (for example, that your IA is current for an annual) and asks for your fingerprint or face.
- Get paid. Have the customer sign online with Send to the customer for signature, then send a card payment link with Send payment link, or record cash or a check with Mark paid.
The work order moves to Complete on the home screen, with its logbook entries ready to print or export (see Logbook entries and labels). That’s a whole job, from quote to paid.
Printable guide (PDF, one page)
Want to see it first?
Try the interactive demo right in your browser, no install or account needed. Questions? Contact us; the full manual and FAQ are inside each app under MENU.