On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 11:19:21AM +1000, Armistead, Allan wrote:
> What you really need is each club member to have a magnetically coded photo
> ID card, a reader in each aircraft, an airswitch, GPS and a transponder
> fitted. Then you can jump in the glider (or tug), wave your ID past the
> reader, and at the end of the flight the glider/tug will transmit all the
> details - time, launch height, duration and pilot - back to the Club
> computer, update the necessary logs for yourself and the glider, and take
> the cost of the flight from your bank account and credit it to the Club's
> account. Wave your card past the reader again at the end of the flight and
> it will update your flight currency and endorsement status.
[ ... ]
> If you are approaching the balance of your bank account, a buzzer gives you
> 15 minutes warning and then the brakes deploy.
We were talking tongue-in-cheek about this at AUGC last weekend, with
one minor variation: You don't need the magnetically coded photo
ID card if you implant a microchip into each pilot's butt-cheek, and
install a reader in the seatpan of each aircraft.
The currency and endorsement status updates could then be accomplished
by wiggling your bum in front of a logging system in the pie cart.
- mark :-)
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