We are using a certain technique
against a particular duck. Will AIRMAN tell us how successful this method is?
AIRMAN will not only tell you it's success rate in percentage form; it will tell you
exactly the percentage of time you actually used it against that species for more
accuracy. For example, it will tell you that out of all the encounters with a Black duck,
you employed gas cannons 66% of the time with a 48% success rate, and bangers were
employed for the other 34% with a success rate of 88%. So it is not hard to see which method
is more effective.
Can I tailor the input fields to use the terminology my employees currently use?
Definitely. That is one of AIRMAN's strongest selling features. With the exception of a
few keywords, you can pre-assign any terminology you want. It comes with some suggested
lists to use, but you can change them to fit your needs.
Does your program make allowances for reporting bird strikes?
AIRMAN takes bird strikes very seriously. It will categorize all your species into
weight classes which will allow you to monitor strike conditions. In otherwords, you may
have had 20 strikes this year but 17 of them were classed as "Very Low". You can
also produce formal FAA and Transport Canada Strike reports for official submission.
AIRMAN also displays strikes in red on the demographic map and highlights any "strike
involved" data in red within the daily logs.
Will the program extract past data to compare it to new data in order to predict
trends?
All reports and queries have no restrictions regarding the date/time ranges you apply
so you can compare on any date range you desire.
If I need to find out how many times I used my Falcons or Dogs for interventions over a
period of time will the program report on it?
Yes, AIRMAN will report exactly where and when these "Live Assets" were used,
along with their performance grades.
Can I only return the activities from a certain runway?
Yes. AIRMAN enables you to assemble and save a collection of grids into a
"Structure" which is named by you. Then all you have to do is call the query by
that name and AIRMAN will retrieve all the activities within that structure.
When the map displays bird strikes, can I see the information particulars on each one?
Yes, just right click on the strike you're interested in and a window will appear
containing all the relevant data pertaining to that strike, i.e., date, time etc. Once you
have that information it can be printed off.
Does the map printout distinguish between bird strikes and regular encounters?
Yes, you have a choice of displaying either or both.
Can the map printout only a specific species to isolate where the geographical problem
is for that species?
Yes, AIRMAN allows you to paint one, many or all species on the map. The choice is
yours.
If I trapped something is there a way to report on what I've done with that bird
afterwards?
Yes, AIRMAN produces a separate log account of everything trapped. You simply go to
that log and account for it with details such as band # , where you released it etc. All
this information is available later for reports. AIRMAN also allows you to record
advanced biological information on the birds you trap such as Weights, Wing Lengths etc.
What is the minimum operating requirement to run AIRMAN?
AIRMAN was designed to run on at least a Pentium 100 system with 64 Megs of RAM. The
minimum operating system must be W98.
Can AIRMAN be networked?
Yes.
Photograph courtesy of Dean Barnes
