I was thinking about something similar to this actually but only within an arena. Being able to hold your mouse over a friendly dot on the clipboard is very useful. What if you do a ".sf playername" to get a fix on a friendly player much like we can for a field? (I use the .sf field command all the time, great tool)
In this manner Bruv will never have to fly without his biggest fan...
Another, less viable idea is to use the ".sf player" command on an ENEMY pilot. Instead of centering on the pilot's current location (which would be bad if he were on an NOE mission) the system kicks back the last location at which a friendly gained detailed icon on said pilot's aircraft/gv. Result: "last report Sector 9.8, 22 minutes ago."