Creating Aircraft Rates

Aircraft rates are fully customizable in NeedleNine. To create rates, follow these simple steps:

1. Select Accounting from left nav.
2. Click + Add New button in top right corner.
3. Select Service for Item Type.
4. Choose Child option for item Category.
5. Select Aircraft Usage as Parent. This ensures aircraft rates are available for selection when creating aircraft.
6. Enter an item Name. This label is shown on invoices.
7. Optionally, choose a Class for this aircraft. See our Class guide for detailed description of managerial accounting.
8. Choose Hr for Unit.
9. Enter Retail, Club, Employee, and any custom Price Plan rates.
   • Retail rates are automatically applied during invoice generation for non-employee NN user roles.
   • Club rates are automatically applied during invoice generation if Club feature enables in Settings and user has enrolled in club through profile.
   • Employee rates are automatically applied during invoice generation if user is assigned one of the following roles: Chief Instructor, Staff, Instructor, Customer Service, Line Service or Mechanic.
   • Custom Price Plan rates are only applied on client’s who have been manually assigned to that Price Plan. Note: if there is no monetary value provided on an account item for the custom Price Plan, NeedleNine will by default charge according to the Retail rate.
10. Select appropriate Tax category.
11. Enter Description for item. This is shown on invoice.
12. Select Chart of Account for item. This ensures proper mapping for QB financial statements.
13. Select Debit as Cost Type.
14. Choose Active to enable item for selection in Aircraft Details.
15. Click Save button to save changes.