Date: 27/10/2021 # Summary Rapid expansion in airline industry - large number of pairings - complex rules, safety regulations - crew costs nonlinear, second largest cost Crew scheduling broken into: - Crew assignment - Take into account rules, regulations - Very large problem, proprietary solutions - Crew pairing - Minimize total operation cost - Generate set of pairings - cockpit crew - less complex - more cost - cabin crew - more complex - less cost