at our club we've just had a virus that stopped a lot of the recording
We've had a virus, too, in recent weeeks, which took me several hours to unravel - though the second time, same problem, it took just a few minutes. The person who I think was responsible doesn't seem to be around any more.
With that in mind, I'm making the system web based, and will have obscure URLs and other security measures to make it very difficult for ordinary members to get access outside the clubhouse. And the main terminal runs Linux with a Firefox kiosk front end. The backend is a MySQL database in a safe datacentre which routes through PHP and Flash to an easy to use front end for the user. I had the 75 year old giving it a go the other evening. He went through it without comment from me, and only did one surprising thing - put carriage returns in the defects box, which I've now sorted.
All in all, I'm reasonably encouraged so far. But we definitely will have a basic paper sheet as well - one for all the aircraft - because I don't trust computers either.
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