Civil Air Patrol
Cadet orientation flights without running Saturday from a spreadsheet
Seshana is squadron software for Civil Air Patrol cadet orientation flights. It keeps who is flying, which syllabus ride it is, and whether a parent was told on one board. It does not replace WMIRS.
WMIRS still owns the airplane. You still need a local list.
WMIRS is how Civil Air Patrol schedules and reports aircraft on official missions. There is no alternative for that. A composite squadron also has a different job: which cadet is on the 0900 O-1, which parent needs the time, which pilot still has a Form 5, and whether the 172 is actually up.
That list usually lives in a spreadsheet, a group text, and someone's memory. Seshana is that list, in flight / cadet / aircraft language — not a kite school calendar with the words swapped.
Seshana is not affiliated with Civil Air Patrol or the U.S. Air Force. There is no National Headquarters feed and no CAP wordmark on this site.
What a busy ops day actually needs
Only what the product does. No invented NHQ integration.
O-flights on a real schedule
Cadet orientation flights — including syllabus O-1, O-2, and O-3 as the demo files them — sit on the board with a pilot and an aircraft. Conflicts show up before anyone walks to the ramp.
Cadets and the parent on file
Cadet records include guardian contacts. Minors are not just a name on a sortie. When the squadron has guardian notifications on, the parent is in the loop for the flights that matter.
Consent before they fly
Waiver templates cover CAPF 9 / participation forms the way the squadron already uses them. You see who has signed. Seshana does not submit those forms to National.
Currency before Saturday
Form 5s, medicals, and other quals live on the pilot. An expiration that would ground a flight is visible in time to move the cadet, not after they are in the briefing room.
Which airplane is actually up
Aircraft status — available, down for maintenance, or dispatched — belongs next to the schedule. Double-booking the only 172 is a local problem WMIRS will not save you from at 0700.
Weather at the home field
METAR, TAF, and flight category for the field you fly from. Not a consumer forecast for the city, and not a replacement for a real brief.
Questions ops officers actually ask
- We already live in WMIRS. Why add another system?
- WMIRS is how the airplane moves on an official mission. It is not how you tell a parent that Cadet Rivera is on the 0900 O-1 with Capt. DeLaCruz, or that the 172 is down for MX. Squadrons that try to run that list inside WMIRS, a spreadsheet, and a group text usually drop one of the three.
- Will National or the Air Force see our Seshana board?
- No. This is your squadron's operations list. There is no NHQ feed and no official CAP endorsement. You still close sorties in WMIRS the way you do today.
- Can we keep flying only orientation flights?
- Yes. Activity types can stay off so every flight on the board is an orientation flight. Turn types on later if you also schedule Form 5s, proficiency, or other work.
- What does the live demo actually show?
- A generic composite squadron — not a real unit, charter, or home field. You will see flights on the board, an aircraft out, currency at risk, and cadets with a parent on file. Charleston and other gated demos are not public marketing URLs.
More on the aviation FAQ, including cost and how cadets see the schedule.
A generic composite squadron, mid-week
The public demo is not a real charter or home field. Charleston and other gated demos are not marketing URLs.