← Recovery Options
Option 03 — Aircraft + Crew Swap
Swap aircraft and reposition crew
FEASIBLEScore 83 / 100
Why this option
- •Protects 96% of passenger connections
- •Uses fresh crew with full duty window
- •Requires deadhead reposition for original crew
- •Moderate aircraft displacement on N23876 line
What changes
| Aircraft | N12345 | → N23876 |
| Crew | Pairing A12 | → Pairing B07 |
| DL123 | 14:25 | → 15:45 |
Downstream impact
N23876
Before
Available → DL910
After
DL123 → DL456
Visual timeline
N23876
ATL
12:0014:0016:0018:0020:00
Available
DL123
Snapshot
- Estimated cost
- $74K
- Recovery time
- 1h 35m
- Connections protected
- 96%
- Passenger impact
- LOW
- Crew impact
- MEDIUM
Passenger impact
- Passengers
- 184
- Connections
- 73
- Protected
- 176
- At risk
- 8
- Misconnects
- 8
- Alternative
- Same-day LAX connections retained
- Est. additional delay
- 1h 20m
Passenger Protection29 / 30
Aircraft Preservation15 / 20
Crew Preservation14 / 20
Maintenance13 / 15
Schedule Integrity8 / 10
Cost4 / 5
Total83 / 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