Why this option
- •Protects 94% of passenger connections
- •Keeps crew legal
- •Maintains required maintenance schedule
- •Creates one downstream aircraft displacement
- •Lowest total network impact
What changes
| Aircraft | N12345 | → N23876 |
| Crew | No change | → No change |
| DL123 | 14:25 | → 15:30 |
| DL456 | No change | → No change |
| Maintenance | N12345 at ATL | → N12345 remains at ATL |
Downstream impact
N23876
Before
Available → DL910 → DL922
After
DL123 → DL456 → DL789
DL910 absorbs a 40m aircraft swap delay at ATL.
N12345
Before
DL123 → DL456 → DL789
After
Maintenance → Reserve
Remains at ATL for APU work.
Visual timeline
N12345
ATL
12:0014:0016:0018:0020:00
Ground
DL123
Maintenance
N23876
ATL
12:0014:0016:0018:0020:00
Available
DL123
Snapshot
- Estimated cost
- $42K
- Recovery time
- 1h 05m
- Connections protected
- 94%
- Passenger impact
- LOW
- Crew impact
- LOW
Passenger impact
- Passengers
- 184
- Connections
- 73
- Protected
- 173
- At risk
- 11
- Misconnects
- 11
- Alternative
- Rebook via DFW
- Est. additional delay
- 2h 35m
Passenger Protection28 / 30
Aircraft Preservation16 / 20
Crew Preservation20 / 20
Maintenance14 / 15
Schedule Integrity9 / 10
Cost5 / 5
Total92 / 100
Using current priorities (passenger 30%, aircraft 20%, …)
Constraint checks
- ✓ Crew qualified for replacement aircraft
- ✓ Airport compatible
- ✓ MEL configuration compatible
- ✓ Maintenance requirements satisfied
- ✓ Crew within legal duty limit