John Wojnaroski wrote:
Having a voice capability for flightgear is a good idea, however
irrespective of the actual mechanisms to implement the technology, we
should consider the intent and purpose
To set up an ATC system requires a lot of work and a cadre of
dedicated individuals. In the absence of such a system or standards to
adhere to proper ATC phraseology and protocols, it will degenerate
into a chat room. If people want to "blather" it might be best to use
some other method or separate medium. I don't think FG needs to be in
the business of building another VoIP phone system.
Here's my take on that. I would think that people would voluntarily
setup ATC voip servers on their own hardware. At the moment I don't
think there would be resources to setup a dedicated FG ATC voip server,
but if we get a system that works well and it made sense to centralize
it, we could discuss that.
So in terms of people setting up servers, I would suspect that some
servers would be managed more professionally than others. If a
particluar server degenerates into a voip 'chat' room and the server
maintainer doesn't care, then so be it. But I would assume that at
least a few voip servers would be held to pretty rigorous standards and
people abusing the airwaves or not taking the 'game' seriously could be
booted off and sent to a less serious server. I think this could be
controlled pretty well with social/cultural pressure, especially if
there was some ultimate enforcement mechanism (which might be as simple
as adding an entry to a /etc/hosts.deny file on the server if someone
persists in breaking the rules ...) or perhaps we need a virtual
airforce with guns and missles to keep the airwaves pristine ... :-)
Back to serioiusness, I think since most FlightGear participants are not
active licensed pilots, there would be some need for flexibility and
education on the proper procedures ... just like in real life, but
obviously without real lives directly at stake so we can afford to allow
more mistakes and more active learning.
Regards,
Curt.
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Curtis Olson http://www.flightgear.org/~curt
HumanFIRST Program http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/
FlightGear Project http://www.flightgear.org
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