Managing aircraft security procedures and dangerous goods information is essential to maintaining safe flight operations.

For many operators, Security Search confirmations and NOTOC (Notification to Captain) processes may rely on paperwork, verbal communication or disconnected legacy systems.

Potentially reducing traceability and increasing workloads.

To support safer, streamlined operations; Security Search and NOTOC fields are integrated directly into the pilot workflow within the skybook EFB application.

What is a Security Search?

A Security Search is a formal aircraft inspection carried out before departure to ensure the aircraft remains secure and free from prohibited or suspicious items.

Depending on operational requirements, this may include:

• Cabin inspections
• Cargo hold checks
• Security seal verification
• Aircraft turnaround security procedures

For operators managing charter, ACMI, cargo or international operations, maintaining clear confirmation that security checks have been completed is an important part of operational compliance and risk reduction.

What is a NOTOC?

NOTOC is a critical document used to inform the flight crew about Dangerous Goods being carried onboard the aircraft. This can include:

• Hazard classifications
• Cargo locations
• Quantity limitations
• Handling instructions
• Emergency response considerations

For cargo operators in particular, this is operationally critical due to the carriage of larger volumes of higher-risk dangerous goods.

Accurate NOTOC management is essential for maintaining regulatory compliance and ensuring crews have full situational awareness before departure.

Preflight Security Search & NOTOC

Within the pilot’s pre-flight EFB workflow, skybook makes it easy to record Security Search and NOTOC information.

The Security Search field includes auto-populated flight number and previous departure airport details, along with a search completion time and signature field for the Pilot in Command (PIC).

The NOTOC field allows pilots to acknowledge the NOTOC, make any notes and take a photo if required.

This information is transmitted to the ground as journey log reports to support full audit and compliance visibility, enabling crews to clearly and promptly confirm completed security searches and any NOTOCs received, while maintaining full operational awareness across flight operations.

 

Bespoke customisations to your operations

All fields can be easily tailored to your operation, whether that’s renaming inputs to match your terminology or hiding sections altogether.

For example, if an airline doesn’t generate a NOTOC, this can simply be disabled within the skybook settings.

Benefits for operators

Improved operational awareness
Critical security and dangerous goods information always remain visible within the operational workflow on the EFB and Ground Portal.

Audit & compliance visibility
Security Search and NOTOC confirmations are retained as part of the fully auditable flight records, synced back to the Ground Portal and stored within flight history for many years.

Faster decision making
Operations teams gain improved visibility into aircraft readiness and operational status.

Fully configurable
Make your EFB flight phase workflow work for you, with full control and flexibility over customisation.

As flight operations continue to integrate operational safety processes directly into the EFB workflow, this helps reduce complexity while improving visibility, compliance and crew awareness.

Why not book a demo and see how skybook continues to support safer and operationally efficient airline workflows.