So if I understand this correctly, almost the only thing that would have been needed would be a system of self-reporting from crews where they and their plane are, in case they are delayed or diverted?
The "manual entry" system is already there, so not much seems to be needed other than adding this seemingly simple front end. You don't muck around with old business critical software, you add to it whenever possible. And this seems to be exactly like that. The existing manual entry system feels like it should be able to accept self-reports from a mobile app or web site with minimal changes to the existing system.
The "manual entry" system is already there, so not much seems to be needed other than adding this seemingly simple front end. You don't muck around with old business critical software, you add to it whenever possible. And this seems to be exactly like that. The existing manual entry system feels like it should be able to accept self-reports from a mobile app or web site with minimal changes to the existing system.