Operational software / Current company

Lightcone Systems / Ledger

My current company and its operational record for flights, pilots, aircraft, maintenance, weather, and the decisions that connect them.

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Role
Founder / product / engineering
Status
Current company
Record date
Updated
Lightcone Ledger's public site describing one replayable operational record
Operational software

01 / The problem

What had to change

Each system holds part of an operation. Separate records make it difficult to reconstruct a flight, explain a decision, and use the findings in the next operation.

02 / The constraints

What the system had to respect

  • The flight history must remain intact as operational records change.
  • People, equipment, conditions, and decisions need one connected view.
  • A review must connect what happened to the applicable rules.

03 / The build

What I made

  • I am building Ledger to bring flights, pilots, aircraft, maintenance, and weather into one replayable record.
  • The product work connects operational rules with a history that the FAA, insurers, and partners can review.
  • Analytics and safety management are part of the feedback loop into operations.

04 / The result

The useful change

Ledger is designed to preserve an operation's history, explain its decisions, and carry the lessons forward through one connected record.