Fatigue risk management in flight crew scheduling.

摘要

For a large airline, the process of creating crew rosters is computationally intensive, requiring specialized optimization software. The optimization software considers a range of factors, including rules imposed by the regulator, union agreements, bid preferences, cost information, and other constraints to build the final roster published to the crew. In traditional crew scheduling systems, fatigue is considered only indirectly, based on requirements contained within prescriptive Flight Time Limitations (FTLs), or within labor agreements (LBAs) between unions and the operators.