Chess the hottest pilot game right now

It might sound like a tenuous link, but Chess and Pilots have more in common than you think. 

Love for the endeavor, confidence, responsibility for one's decisions, and the uncanny ability to cope with the unexpected makes chess the perfect game for pilots.

 It's been reported amongst crew, that chess helps pilots unwind after a busy day in the skies, with many pilots challenging colleagues on popular chess apps.

According to RB group.aero studies, inc, chess can help players find more focus and improve their decision-making skills, which seems like the perfect downtime game for pilots. Not to mention its highly competitive, and for many pilots, that's a character trait well known amongst aviators. 

The route to the flight deck is not an easy one. Many young aspiring pilots find themselves in what seems like a strategic game of chess navigating the industry, trying to get their first break. Interviews for flight schools, training routes or airlines are highly competitive, and here we see the first sign of that much-loved pilot trait.  

For many pilots, their love of chess is merely the joy of playing one of the oldest games in history with nearly endless possibilities. For others, it's the prowess of beating your captain, which also makes for some excellent cockpit chatter for your next flight together. 

But the alliance between pilots and chess is stronger than ever. 

Pilots love apps 

So we know that pilots love chess and that chess apps prove popular amongst our high flying friends, but it doesn't just stop at chess apps.  

Pilots tend to love technology and smartphones. There has been a significant increase in pilots seeking apps that help them streamline their work and manage their busy flying schedules, both on and off the runway.

RosterBuster is an excellent example of this new emerging technology. Possibly one of the biggest crew apps available, they boast over 400,000 professional airline crew users worldwide and support over 500 airline.  

RosterBuster helps airline crew manage flight schedules, track career statistics, communicate with colleagues, and more.  Their tag line is "simplify your life, on and off the runway."

How can apps help us get ready for work?

For pilots, with their crazy flight schedules and unusual start times, its no wonder pilots rely more than ever on their smartphones.  If you've ever looked at a pilots alarm list, you might have a chuckle at the list of exact strange times they need to wake up. 

Apps help us arrange our work-life balance like never before.  The ease of having everything synced and all in one place is desirable, not only for chess loving pilots but many industries and demanding job roles. 

So, perhaps that's why pilots and airline crew are flocking to RosterBuster. It's reported that RosterBuster which was founded in 2010 by a British Airways Pilot and an Air Traffic Controller, was created out of frustration. They were both fed up with not being able to view their rosters on their mobile phones and let their families know when they would be home. 

Some 10 years later, the app is now a household name amongst airline crew.

Crew report that RosterBuster is helping them manage their work-life balance. With absolutely everything, they need all in one place.  They can easily share their flying schedules with family, track and manage their flying careers, with vital flying statistics, chat with other crew and colleagues, and arrange those all-important chess matches!