One text. Here's everything GoFBO works out.
A scheduler texts eleven words to GoFBO. Each card below is a decision a person would otherwise make by hand, with the answer GoFBO came back with.
One sentence in. A whole trip out.
“Bill and Joe want to go to the next Bears game.”
- Reads the request
"Bill and Joe" is two passengers. "The next Bears game" is an event it has to look up.
2 passengers · event: the next Bears game - Finds the game
It searches the web for the Bears' next game: the date, the kickoff and the stadium. An away game sends it to that stadium instead.
Sun, Oct 25 · 3:25 PM kickoff · Soldier Field, Chicago - Picks the airport
Every airport within 45 nm of Soldier Field is checked for the runway this aircraft needs, the drive to the stadium and FBOs you already use.
KMDW Midway · 35 min drive · 6,522 ft runway - Sets the arrival
Kickoff, less the drive, less 30 minutes at the FBO to unload and find the car.
Land KMDW by 2:20 PM CDT - Chooses the aircraft and the departure
The aircraft free that weekend, with flight times from its own cruise speed, worked back to a departure time in Boise's time zone.
N350SA · wheels up KBOI 8:05 AM MDT - Adds the fuel stop
Boise to Midway is 1,255 nm and the King Air is planned at 1,000 nm, so it stops near halfway, at an airport with the runway and an FBO, your fuel program's first.
Fuel stop KPIR Pierre · 45 min on the ground - Asks what it can't know
Nobody said when they're coming home, so GoFBO asks by text or email. The answer plans the return.
"Monday morning around 9" → home Mon, Oct 26 via KPIR - Hands it to a person
A Requested trip lands on the dashboard and every scheduler is told. Add the crew, check the times, click Schedule. Nothing is scheduled by itself.
SAW-1047 · Requested · waiting for you
