Option 01
Swap Aircraft
Replace N12345 with N23876
Score
92 / 100
Lowest passenger impact with moderate downstream aircraft displacement.
- Passenger
- LOW
- Crew
- LOW
- Aircraft
- MEDIUM
- Maintenance
- LOW
- Network
- LOW
- Cost
- $42K
- Recovery
- 1h 05m
- Connections
- 94%
Recovery Options
5 feasible recovery scenarios identified
Options are evaluated against operational constraints and current recovery priorities.
Option 02
Delay Flight
Delay DL123 by 2h 10m
Score
84 / 100
Holds original aircraft and crew; higher connection breakage as maintenance completes.
- Passenger
- MEDIUM
- Crew
- LOW
- Aircraft
- LOW
- Maintenance
- LOW
- Network
- MEDIUM
- Cost
- $61K
- Recovery
- 2h 10m
- Connections
- 81%
Option 03
Aircraft + Crew Swap
Swap aircraft and reposition crew
Score
83 / 100
Highest connection protection with added crew displacement cost.
- Passenger
- LOW
- Crew
- MEDIUM
- Aircraft
- MEDIUM
- Maintenance
- LOW
- Network
- MEDIUM
- Cost
- $74K
- Recovery
- 1h 35m
- Connections
- 96%
Option 04
Reroute / Reaccommodate
Use alternate routing and passenger reaccommodation
Score
73 / 100
Protects critical connections via DFW with higher cost and schedule noise.
- Passenger
- MEDIUM
- Crew
- LOW
- Aircraft
- MEDIUM
- Maintenance
- LOW
- Network
- HIGH
- Cost
- $112K
- Recovery
- 3h 00m
- Connections
- 72%
Option 05
Cancel Flight
Cancel DL123 and reaccommodate passengers
Score
53 / 100
Feasible but operationally undesirable — maximum passenger disruption.
- Passenger
- HIGH
- Crew
- LOW
- Aircraft
- LOW
- Maintenance
- LOW
- Network
- HIGH
- Cost
- $210K
- Recovery
- 0m
- Connections
- 0%
Option 06
Aircraft Swap (N44102)
Replace N12345 with N44102
Infeasible
Appears available but fails hard operational constraints.
- ✕ Replacement aircraft has incompatible MEL configuration
- ✕ Crew is not qualified for replacement aircraft