The 'Pain Points' in any crew solution are generally not knowing
the true variable cost of crewing and operating any given schedule
until it's too late. Often there is no effective way to measure
'Budget' versus 'Planned' versus 'Operated' schedule and as a
result not being able to readily identify where waste is occurring
due to:
- over-optimised roster planning
- inappropriate establishment planning
- operations reactionary management
The information you need to be effective is:
- Exactly what it costs to fly each and every flight
- How productive your crewing resources really are
- Where costs and productivity needs to be
- How fresh your view is of 'what good looks like'
- You can improve by applying the lessons learned
- from what you can see now and not next season