> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.flylogs.com/fcom/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.flylogs.com/fcom/training-courses/stage-checks.md). # Stage Checks Gate a student's flight progression behind a stage check A **stage** is an ordered block of flight missions that ends in a check. Until that check is passed, the student cannot fly any mission in a later stage. Stage checks are **off by default**. Nothing changes on any existing course until you switch them on. ### Turning stage checks on Open the training's **Settings** page and tick **Require stage checks**, in the Student evaluation card. The option appears only on trainings that have flight missions enabled.

Require stage checks, with the stage editor below it

Two things change once it is on: * A student is blocked from flying a mission in a later stage while an earlier stage check is outstanding or failed. * The course no longer completes automatically while any stage check is still owed, even when every mission and activity is done. ### Defining stages The stage editor appears under the checkbox once stage checks are enabled. Give each stage a short **code** and a **name** — for example `DM` / *Doble Mando*, then `SL` / *SOLO* — and order them with the arrows. Order matters: it is what decides which stage blocks which. **Assign missions to a stage** with the **+ Add a mission…** picker in that stage's row. The picker only lists missions that are not yet in a stage, so a mission can never be in two places. Remove one with the **×** on its chip. A mission that belongs to no stage is never blocked — worth remembering if a student seems able to fly something you expected to be gated. You can nominate one of a stage's missions as its **check mission** — the flight the check is normally conducted on. The dropdown only offers missions already assigned to that stage, so assign first, then pick. It is a label for your instructors; the check result is recorded separately. **Deleting a stage does not delete its missions.** They are simply left without a stage, and the confirmation tells you how many are affected. ### Seeing the stages on your course In the training's **Flight Missions** tab each mission shows its stage code, and the totals box breaks the course down by stage as well as by flight type. A mission with no stage shows a dashed *No stage* marker, so gaps are visible at a glance rather than having to be inferred. ### Recording a stage check When a student has flown every mandatory mission in a stage, that stage shows **Stage check due** and every later stage shows as **Blocked**. Open the student, go to the **Flight missions** tab, and use the buttons on the stage: * **Record pass** — the stage is cleared and the next stage opens. * **Record fail** — the stage stays due and later stages stay blocked. The student can be re-checked; the next result is recorded as a new attempt. * **Override** — lets the student continue without a pass. A written reason is required. Each of these asks for your password, exactly like signing a flight debriefing. What gets stored is who signed, when, from which address and browser, plus a hash of those details that would reveal any later alteration of the record. ### Correcting a mistake Results are never edited. If one was recorded wrongly, **Void** it and give a reason. The voided result stays visible, struck through, and the previous result decides the student's state again. This is deliberate: an inspector should be able to see that a correction happened, who made it and why. ### Who can do what | Action | Who | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Enable stage checks, define and order stages, assign missions | Company Administrator, Operations Manager, Compliance & Safety Manager, Human Resources Manager, Financial Manager, Trainings Manager, or the training's own manager | | Record, override or void a stage check | The same people | | See a stage strip and its history | The above, plus the enrolled student for their own enrollment | An instructor who is not the training's manager can fly and record missions as before, but cannot sign a stage check. If you need instructors to sign individual missions out, see [Mission Authorizations](/fcom/training-courses/mission-authorizations.md).