Work chat that stays at work.
Replace scattered WhatsApp groups with messaging built into your workforce platform: private crew chats only members can see, automatic venue and department channels, direct messages and official announcements — on every phone, with none of the chaos.
Live product walkthrough with sample data — replays automatically.
Communication software that respects privacy.
Membership decides who sees a conversation — not job titles, not venue access, not luck.
Truly private crew chats
Create a chat, hand-pick its members — everyone else can't see it exists. Enforced server-side, on every request.
Automatic operational channels
The Lounge for the whole company, an All-Crew channel per venue and department channels — memberships kept current automatically.
Direct messages
One-to-one conversations visible only to the two people in them.
Official announcements
A managers-post-only channel the whole team reads — publish a roster and it announces itself.
Notifications without noise
Push for new messages and @mentions, per-chat mute, and unread badges that track each person's real read state.
Managed access
Choose who can create groups and who manages each one. Remove someone and their access is revoked instantly.
From group-chat chaos to one crew channel.
The Lounge, Announcements and an All-Crew channel per venue exist from day one.
Name it, pick the venue, tick the members, choose who manages it — done.
Messages, photos, reactions and @mentions — on desktop and mobile.
Official updates and published rosters land in Announcements for everyone.
Add or remove members any time; removed people lose access immediately.
Work conversations live with rosters, timesheets and training — not on personal apps.
Works better together
Chat isn't a silo — it's wired into the tools your team already uses every shift.
Publish a roster and an announcement posts automatically so nobody misses a shift change.
New starters join the right venue and department channels the moment they're set up.
Offboard an employee and their chat access ends with their account — no lingering group members.
Why teams actually use it
A kitchen chat that's actually the kitchen
Grant runs Ammos — Kitchen with his brigade only. Front of house never sees prep lists, and he never posts to the wrong group.
Every venue, one platform
Somma and Ammos each have their own All-Crew channel, management has a private chat, and the owner sees it all — without WhatsApp on staff phones.
Announcements people actually read
Roster changes, closures and VIP bookings go to Announcements with a push — with read-only replies, nothing gets buried.
Frequently asked questions
Are private group chats actually private?
Yes — completely. A private crew chat is only visible to its members. Everyone else can't see the chat, its name, its members, its messages or its attachments — it effectively doesn't exist for them, enforced at the server, not just hidden on screen.
Can we replace our WhatsApp groups with Flight Chat?
That's exactly what it's for. Venue and department channels are created automatically, managers create private crew chats with hand-picked members, staff message each other directly — and it all stays inside your business platform instead of personal phones.
Who can create group chats?
You decide. An organisation setting controls whether group creation is limited to owners and admins, extended to managers, or open to everyone. Each group also has its own management setting for who can add or remove members.
Do staff get notified of new messages?
Yes — push notifications on their phone for new messages and @mentions, with per-chat mute so a busy channel never becomes noise. Unread badges track exactly what each person hasn't read.
What happens when someone leaves a team?
Remove them from the chat and their access is revoked instantly — old links and previous access stop working immediately. When an employee is offboarded they lose access to everything with their account.
Is Flight Chat included in every plan?
Yes. Flight Chat — including The Lounge, announcements, private crew chats and direct messages — is included from the Economy plan up.
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