← Recovery Options
Option 05 — Cancel Flight
Cancel DL123 and reaccommodate passengers
FEASIBLEScore 53 / 100
Why this option
- •Clears aircraft and crew constraints immediately
- •Protects downstream schedule integrity for other flights
- •Zero connection protection for DL123 passengers
- •Highest direct cost exposure
What changes
| DL123 | Scheduled | → Cancelled |
| Passengers | DL123 | → Reaccommodation inventory |
Downstream impact
N12345
Before
DL123 → DL456 → DL789
After
Maintenance → Evening reserve
Downstream flights require separate recovery.
Visual timeline
N12345
ATL
12:0014:0016:0018:0020:00
Maintenance
Snapshot
- Estimated cost
- $210K
- Recovery time
- 0m
- Connections protected
- 0%
- Passenger impact
- HIGH
- Crew impact
- LOW
Passenger impact
- Passengers
- 184
- Connections
- 73
- Protected
- 0
- At risk
- 184
- Misconnects
- 73
- Alternative
- Next available ATL–LAX inventory
- Est. additional delay
- 8h 00m
Passenger Protection2 / 30
Aircraft Preservation12 / 20
Crew Preservation19 / 20
Maintenance15 / 15
Schedule Integrity4 / 10
Cost1 / 5
Total53 / 100
Using current priorities (passenger 30%, aircraft 20%, …)
Constraint checks
- ✓ Crew released to reassignment
- ✓ Airport slot released
- ✓ No MEL conflict
- ✓ Maintenance can continue uninterrupted
- ✓ Crew duty constraints cleared