Written by William C. Keppen, Jr. I knew Hunter Harrison when he was a Burlington Northern trainmaster and I was a BLET Local Chairman, all those many years ago. Today, as Hunter’s Precision Scheduled ...

Crew scheduling and optimisation in transportation systems represent a critical nexus between operational efficiency and workforce management. These processes involve the systematic assignment of ...

INFORMS Journal Transportation Science New Study Key Takeaways: Researchers introduce slack times distributed across a crew schedule to plan ahead of any delays or disruptions. The approach can reduce ...

Delta Air Lines mapped out a series of fixes to alleviate mass cancellations like those that plagued the carrier after an April thunderstorm and disrupted travel plans of hundreds of thousands of ...

(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines Co said on Tuesday it would upgrade its crew scheduling software and hire more staff in the winter, as the carrier attempts to address problems that had led to ...

A study based on massive amounts of data offers a new way to forecast flight late arrivals and departures and to schedule crews based on expected needs during holiday and other seasonal travel. The ...

Many flight attendants, despite a love for aviation, seek alternatives to their demanding, travel-heavy roles due to burnout and a desire for more consistent schedules. The aviation industry offers ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA) and CloudMoyo (CM) announced today that TRRA has selected CloudMoyo Crew Management (CCM) solution for implementation ...

Julie Hedrick was elected APFA president in April. For the airline industry, the complex process of building October flight schedules is supposed to begin next week. Flight planners would go first, ...

Delays and disruptions in airline operations annually result in billions of dollars of additional costs to airlines, passengers and the economy. Airlines strive to mitigate these costs by creating ...