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As a club we've been email- and web-literate almost since it was
possible to be that way, That would not be us. I am the only instructor who has successfuly scheduled a multi-day airplane rental. :-) Interestingly, most of the instructors are young, but are almost computer illiterate. One came to work one day depressed because his wife had destroyed his computer by getting a virus. All he got when turning the machine one was a black screen with a cryptic error message. He brought me a copy of it. It said: "C:\Windows". I hurt myself falling out of the chair laughing. phone / voice command access turned on for the first two years of use -- and no one ever used it. I don't blame them. I hate voice systems, as a rule. But when I want to check my bank balance, I use the automated telephone system....much faster than logging in via the web. It typically takes me seconds to enter a new entry in our system. Takes me several minutes. You have to reserve the times by clicking on option buttons in 30 minute increments. Four buttons for a 2 hour flight. I go click, click, click, click, and then wait. After a second or two, one option button lights, pause, then the second, pause, third, pause and finally fourth. Well, I'd have to say that with a club attitude like that, they're probably right. Sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy, to me... Yes, you're right. That's why the decision-makers should have involved everyone who would use the system. |
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I wonder if there's a market for a 'scheduling appliance' in the FBO
market... You know how to make a small fortune in aviation.... |
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In article ,
Greg Esres wrote: It typically takes me seconds to enter a new entry in our system. Takes me several minutes. You have to reserve the times by clicking on option buttons in 30 minute increments. Four buttons for a 2 hour flight. I go click, click, click, click, and then wait. After a second or two, one option button lights, pause, then the second, pause, third, pause and finally fourth. Well, that's a bad interface and / or implementation, but it's not an argument against online scheduling as such. The browser-based interface we use has a small set of pull-down menus on the reservation form for start and end date / times, and that's it unless you want to add a note (like destination, etc.). Maybe ten seconds to do a normal booking, perhaps fifteen for a complex booking. The reservation is usually confirmed within a second or two of submitting the form. Another rather pleasant feature is being able to do a backup booking "behind" an existing reservation; if the original booking is cancelled, your booking automatically becomes the current booking, and you're notified in email. And for sudden maintenance bookings -- where you may have to drop a dozen existing reservations at a moment's notice -- things like notifications, etc., are trivial and usually totally automated. Our maintenance guys just love this system... Hamish |
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Hamish Reid wrote in message ...
In article , Greg Esres wrote: Our flight school is currently trying to move to an online, internet based scheduling system, using a service provided by "MyFBO". You might want to try http://www.fyreflyte.com/, it's cheaper, has a very nice interface, fast, and is easy to use. I much prefer it to Aircraftclubs. -Malcolm Teas |
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Greg Esres wrote:
Our flight school is currently trying to move to an online, internet based scheduling system, using a service provided by "MyFBO". youcanbookit.com It's what my FBO uses and it's FREE! We love it. Best, Randy Wentzel KSTS |
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