Monday, September 7, 2009

New Roster Page

The roster of pilots at AeroTexas is presented online quite differently from almost all other virtual airlines (VAs). Most VAs simply present the names and/or member-ids of their members by sequential number. Essentially this sorts the list from top to bottom by tenure; the longer you've been a member, the lower your id number, and the higher your place on the roster. This seems unfair to newer members who may be (and in my experience usually are) more active than the existing membership. And it seems very unfair for members of larger VAs because the newer members may never appear on the first, or the second pages, or maybe not until very deep into the roster.

At AeroTexas the roster is presented as a list of members sorted by recent activity. It doesn't matter how long you've been a member, only how active you are. The more you fly, the higher your level of activity, and as a result the higher your place on the roster - where you can compare your statistics with other members who are likewise active members.

The roster at AeroTexas has been further redesigned to display the number of flights made in the current month, the date of last flight, the most recent equipment used, and the current location - the place to which they most recently landed. So go out there and fly one for AeroTexas - you'll be at the top of the list!

Check out the AeroTexas roster here

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