US Airways Optimizes the Scheduling of Reserve Flight Crews

Jeffrey E. Dillon and Spyros Kontogiorgis
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Jeffrey E. Dillon: International Paper, 6400 Poplar Avenue 05-019, Memphis, Tennessee 38197
Spyros Kontogiorgis: MakeSystems, 200 Regency Forest Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27511

Interfaces, 1999, vol. 29, issue 5, 123-131

Abstract: Reserve pilots and flight attendants work on call to operate flights that the assigned crews cannot fly or flights that have not been assigned at all. The monthly schedule for a reserve crew member consists of a set of days for which the person is on call. We built an automated system to construct optimal schedules for reserves. Crew planners at US Airways use the system to build schedules that put enough reserves on call without sacrificing the reserves' quality of work life.

Keywords: programming; integer; applications; transportation; scheduling; personnel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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