AWOL Status. As per Drageo's theory.

Here it is, in simple to understand w o r d s.

1. Designated events count as an appearance.

2. Miss a designated event, AWOL = 1.

3. Miss another designated event, AWOL = 2.

4. When AWOL = 5 designated events, your AWOL appears as a simple: 'yes'.

5. AWOL pilots are deducted from our total pilot number to show you total active.

6. AWOL pilots are free to return at any time and change their own status.

7. A pilot cannot edit the value of designated events they have missed.

8. AWOL in this sense, also acts as an attendance record for the squad, and helps us track each pilot to see what is going on!

If you have any queries or ideas (good or bad!) please let me know. (drageo).