Flight planners: Help operators build ATC compliant routes into and out of affected areas.

Contactors: Start making calls – airports, ATC, operators, local agencies – both in the days before and the hours after a hurricane hits, to get information on the status of airports and local areas.

Connectors: Make contact with relief organizations that are responding, brief them on what we know, ask where we can help.

Collectors: Push for pilot reports from the scene, using a guided format, and feed that information into our system so we can share it with others.

Meteorologists: Assess the storms travel, impact, look at the post-hurricane met situation, monitor for further poor weather.

Map makers: We need to make maps of the hurricane impact, airport status, draw TFR’s.

Volunteer coordinators:  Activating volunteers when they are needed, figuring out who can do what, what times they are available, and keeping them updated on our progress.

Social media: Preparing updates, briefings, using SM to search for situational information, connecting with others involved.

Relief coordinators: Overall coordination of our activities in the relief efforts.

Aircraft matching: When we get offers of aircraft, find the best place for them to deploy to.

Flight requests: Run the system to match “relief workers needing seats and space” … with … seats and space.

There’s plenty more we could use your help with, so don’t be shy about volunteering if you don’t quite see your skillset above.