Aircraft officer dynamic scheduling adjustment method for flight supply guarantee
By dynamically adjusting the flight crew's schedule, the inbound recycling tasks and outbound delivery tasks are combined simultaneously, solving the problem of real-time adjustment of scheduling and personnel waste in the existing technology, improving work efficiency and saving costs .
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202510047803.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-13
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-18
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
AI Technical Summary
The existing methods cannot adjust the flight crew's schedule in real time, and there are situations where the support time is crossed by the flight crew's support cycle due to personnel waste and flight delays.
By obtaining the airport's flight dynamic information, dynamically generate the type of aircraft support task, combining the recovery task of the pre-order incoming flights with the delivery task of the later departure flights, and using the maximum allowable guarantee time T to determine whether it can be carried out simultaneously. Recycling and delivery from the port.
It improves the work efficiency of flight crew members, reduces time waste on the round-trip apron, saves labor costs, and ensures that flight delays do not affect the support time of flight crew members.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of flight support, and in particular relates to a method for dynamically scheduling and adjusting flight crew members for flight support. Background Art
[0002] Airport catering service companies act as agents for airlines to provide meals and in-flight supplies to flight passengers. In-flight supplies include beverages, blankets, pillows, newspapers, headphones and other items. According to the service agreement, the catering service company must not only provide delivery and support for meals and in-flight supplies, but also be responsible for the recovery of meals and in-flight supplies on board to complete flight support work. The existing method is to arrange for flight crew to recover meals and in-flight supplies for inbound flights (hereinafter referred to as inbound recovery), and to arrange for flight crew to deliver meals and in-flight supplies for outbound flights (hereinafter referred to as outbound delivery).
[0003] The existing method is to arrange the crew for inbound collection after the flight arrives and for outbound delivery when the flight departs according to the flight plan provided by the airport. It is impossible to adjust the crew's shift schedule in real time, and there is a waste of personnel. At the same time, the crew has a shift system and a fixed working cycle, so there will be a situation where the flight delay causes the support time to cross the crew support cycle. Summary of the invention
[0004] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for dynamically scheduling and adjusting flight crew for flight supply and support, which dynamically generates aircraft support task types according to the flight dynamic information of the airport, combines the recovery task of the preceding inbound flight with the delivery task of the subsequent outbound flight and performs them simultaneously, thereby improving the work efficiency of the crew, reducing the time wasted in going back and forth to the apron, and saving labor costs.
[0005] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for dynamically adjusting crew shifts for flight supply and security, comprising the following steps: S1. Obtain flight dynamic information of the airport in ascending order of departure time; S2. Obtain a piece of dynamic information of flight A from the flight dynamic information in order, and obtain the arrival and departure mark of flight A therefrom; S3, determine whether flight A is an inbound flight, if flight A is an inbound flight, execute step S4, otherwise execute step S9; S4. Obtain the aircraft registration number of flight A, and query the flight information of the aircraft registration number after flight A according to the aircraft registration number; S5, determine whether there is an outbound flight B after flight A on the same day, if there is flight B, execute step S6, otherwise execute step S11; S6, determining whether flight B needs to provide meals and / or in-flight food. If flight B needs to provide meals and / or in-flight food, executing step S7; otherwise, executing step S12; S7, set a maximum allowed guaranteed time T, obtain the estimated arrival time of flight A and the estimated departure time of flight B, and determine whether the time difference between the estimated departure time of flight B and the estimated arrival time of flight A is less than or equal to T. If so, execute step S8, otherwise execute step S13; S8, set flight A and flight B as transit flights, and arrange the crew to carry out outbound delivery for flight B and inbound collection for flight A before flight B takes off, and then execute step S14: S9, determine whether flight A has been scheduled, if it has been scheduled, execute step S14, otherwise execute step S10; S10, setting flight A as a stopping flight, and arranging the crew to carry out outbound delivery of flight A before flight A takes off, and then executing step S14; S11, setting flight A as an overnight flight, and arranging the crew to receive flight A after it arrives, and then executing step S14; S12, setting flight A as a transit flight, and arranging the crew to receive flight A after its arrival, and then executing step S14; S13, setting flight A and flight B as transit flights, and arranging the crew to receive flight A after flight A arrives, and then arranging the crew to perform outbound delivery before flight B takes off, and then executing step S14; S14, continue to execute step S2 until all flights are scheduled, and then notify the corresponding crew members to execute.
[0006] Further, in step S7, the maximum allowable guarantee time T is the maximum interval time between the preceding and following flights of the same aircraft that can provide simultaneous inbound and outbound guarantees for the preceding and following flights, and the maximum allowable guarantee time T is 2 to 4 hours.
[0007] Further, in step S7, the maximum allowed guarantee time T is 4 hours.
[0008] Further, in step S8 and step S12-13, the transit flight is a flight whose arrival time of the inbound flight and the departure time of the outbound flight at the same airport are both within the same day.
[0009] Further, in step S10, the parked flight is a flight in which the aircraft has stayed at the airport for a long time, including an overnight parked flight that has stayed for one night and a maintenance parked flight that has stayed for more than one day due to repair and maintenance.
[0010] Further, in step S11, the overnight flight is a flight in which the aircraft needs to stay at the airport for one night after arriving at the airport and take off the next day.
[0011] Further, in step S13, crew member A is arranged to perform inbound reception of flight A after flight A arrives, and it is determined whether the outbound delivery time of flight B is within the guarantee period of crew member A. If so, crew member A is arranged to perform outbound delivery of flight B. Otherwise, another crew member B whose outbound delivery time of flight B is within the guarantee period is arranged to perform outbound delivery of flight B.
[0012] Furthermore, in steps S10 and S13, the crew is arranged to perform outbound delivery within 1 hour before the flight takes off; in step S8, the crew is arranged to perform outbound delivery of flight B and inbound collection of flight A within 1 hour before the flight takes off.
[0013] Further, in step S1, flight dynamic information is obtained through the airport information integration system, and the flight dynamic information includes the flight number, flight take-off and landing airports, expected take-off and landing times, actual take-off and landing times, arrival and departure marks, and aircraft registration number; in step S4, the flight information of the aircraft registration number after flight A is queried in the flight dynamic information according to the aircraft registration number.
[0014] Further, in step S6, the airline catering management system and the airline inflight supply management system determine whether flight B needs to be provided with meal and inflight supply guarantees.
[0015] After adopting the above scheme, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: The present invention obtains flight dynamic information sorted in ascending order by departure time, and automatically arranges the inbound and outbound supply and support schedules of each flight in sequence according to the flight dynamic information, can adjust the schedules of the crew in real time, arrange reasonably and quickly generate the schedule plan, and improve work efficiency.
[0016] More importantly, the present invention also obtains the next flight B executed by the same aircraft as flight A according to the aircraft registration number of flight A, and then sets a maximum allowable guarantee time T to determine whether the inbound reception of flight A and the outbound delivery of flight B can be carried out simultaneously. The maximum allowable guarantee time T is the maximum interval time between the preceding and following flights that can simultaneously provide inbound and outbound guarantees for the preceding and following flights of the same aircraft. If the time interval between the estimated arrival time of flight A and the estimated departure time of flight B is less than T, the crew can be arranged to perform outbound delivery for flight B while performing inbound recovery for flight A. The two can be performed simultaneously, and there is no need to complete the inbound recovery of flight A and then wait until flight B takes off before arranging the crew to perform outbound delivery. Therefore, the present invention combines the recovery task of the preceding inbound flight with the delivery task of the subsequent outbound flight and performs them simultaneously, which can not only improve the work efficiency of the crew, reduce the time waste of going back and forth to the apron, but also save labor costs.
[0017] In addition, the present invention arranges the crew members who perform inbound recovery and outbound distribution to be within their guarantee period, that is, within their working hours, so that even if the flight is delayed, the guarantee time will not exceed the crew member guarantee period. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] Figure 1 The figure is a flow chart of the method of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0019] The present invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
[0020] The present invention provides a method for dynamically adjusting the flight crew's shift schedule for flight supply guarantee, such as Figure 1 As shown, the specific steps include: S1. Obtain the flight dynamic information of the airport in ascending order of take-off time through the airport information integration system, wherein the flight dynamic information includes the flight number, the flight take-off and landing airports, the expected take-off and landing time, the actual take-off and landing time, the arrival and departure mark, the aircraft registration number, etc.
[0021] S2. Obtain a piece of dynamic information of flight A from the flight dynamic information in order, and obtain the arrival and departure mark of flight A therefrom. The arrival and departure mark is the take-off and landing status of the flight, which can be used to determine whether the flight is arriving or departing at the current airport.
[0022] S3. Determine whether flight A is an inbound flight at the current airport. If flight A is an inbound flight, execute step S4; otherwise, execute step S9.
[0023] S4. Obtain the aircraft registration number of flight A, and query the flight information of the aircraft registration number after flight A according to the aircraft registration number. Set the outbound flight after flight A as flight B. Flight B and flight A are both performed by the same aircraft, but the flight itineraries are different. Due to changes in the flight itinerary, the flight number may change, so the aircraft registration number is used to query flight B.
[0024] Specifically, the flight information of all the aircraft registration numbers can be queried in the flight dynamic information according to the aircraft registration number, and the information of all the flights to be performed by the aircraft on that day can be obtained, from which the outbound flight B can be obtained.
[0025] S5. After flight A arrives at the airport, it may stay at the airport for a long time instead of taking off on the same day. In this case, there may be no flight B after flight A on the same day. It is necessary to first determine whether there is flight B on the same day. If there is flight B, execute step S6, otherwise execute step S11; S6. Determine whether flight B needs to provide meals and / or in-flight supplies. Specifically, whether the flight needs to provide meals and in-flight supplies can be obtained through the airline catering management system and the airline in-flight supplies management system. If flight B needs to provide meals and / or in-flight supplies, execute step S7; otherwise, execute step S12. S7, set a maximum allowable guarantee time T, the maximum allowable guarantee time T is the maximum interval time between the previous and next flights that can simultaneously provide inbound and outbound guarantees for the previous and next flights of the same aircraft, that is, when the interval time between flight A and flight B is at most T, flight B can be delivered outbound while flight A can be recovered inbound. Generally, it is necessary to deliver the flight outbound within 1 hour before the flight takes off to ensure the freshness of the food. Therefore, the interval time between the previous and next flights cannot be too long. If it is too long, it will be too late to recover the food inbound on flight A. The food that needs to be recovered on flight A is easy to deteriorate. If the interval time is too long, flight B may also change its itinerary or be delayed, resulting in changes in the outbound delivery time. In this regard, the Aviation Administration also has relevant regulations. Generally, the maximum allowable guarantee time T is 2 to 4 hours, and 4 hours is the best. Then, the estimated arrival time of flight A and the estimated departure time of flight B are obtained, and it is determined whether the time difference between the estimated departure time of flight B and the estimated arrival time of flight A is less than or equal to T. If it is less than or equal to T, step S8 is executed, otherwise step S13 is executed. S8, the estimated departure time of flight B and the estimated arrival time of flight A are less than or equal to T, indicating that the aircraft's stay time is less than or equal to T, and the inbound recovery of flight A and the outbound delivery of flight B can be performed at the same time, so set flight A and flight B as transit flights, and arrange the crew to perform inbound recovery of flight A while performing outbound delivery of flight B before flight B takes off, that is, after flight A arrives, it does not immediately perform inbound recovery of flight A, but performs outbound delivery of flight B and inbound recovery of flight A within 1 hour before flight B takes off, that is, after delivering meals and in-flight supplies to the aircraft, the remaining meals and in-flight supplies on the aircraft are recovered by the way, reducing the time wasted on the tarmac while ensuring the freshness of the delivered meals, and then executing step S14. In addition, a transit flight is a flight in which the aircraft stays at the airport for a short time, specifically a flight in which the arrival time and departure time of the inbound flight of the aircraft at the same airport are both within the same day, that is, the arrival time of flight A and the departure time of flight B are both on the same day, and the aircraft does not stay overnight.
[0026] S9, if flight A is not an inbound flight, then flight A does not need inbound recovery, but needs outbound delivery. If flight A arrives at the airport today, according to steps S4-S8, flight A should have been scheduled for outbound delivery; if flight A has arrived at the airport before today, it needs to be scheduled for outbound delivery, so it is necessary to determine whether flight A has been scheduled. If so, execute step S14, otherwise execute step S10; S10. Set flight A as a parking flight. The parking flight is a flight whose aircraft has stayed at the airport for a long time, including an overnight parking flight that has stayed for one night and a maintenance parking flight that has stayed for more than one day due to repair and maintenance. Such a flight does not need to be recovered at the airport, but has not yet been arranged for outbound delivery. Therefore, the crew is arranged to perform outbound delivery of flight A before flight A takes off. The time for outbound delivery is generally within 1 hour before flight A takes off, and then execute step S14.
[0027] S11. If there is no flight B, it means that the aircraft of flight A needs to stay overnight, so flight A is set as an overnight flight. The overnight flight is a flight that needs to stay overnight at the airport after arriving at the airport and take off the next day. This type of flight does not need to arrange outbound delivery today, but will be arranged on the day of its departure. However, it is necessary to arrange for the crew to receive flight A inbound after flight A arrives, and then execute step S14; S12. Since there is an outbound flight B after flight A, flight A is set as a transit flight. Flight B does not require meal and / or in-flight supplies, so the crew is only arranged to receive the inbound flight A after the flight A arrives, and then step S14 is executed; S13. Set flight A and flight B as transit flights. Since the time difference between the arrival time of flight A and the departure time of flight B is greater than T, it is impossible to perform the inbound recovery of flight A and the outbound delivery of flight B at the same time. Therefore, the crew should be arranged to perform the inbound reception of flight A after the arrival of flight A, and then arrange the crew to perform the outbound delivery before flight B takes off. The time for outbound delivery is generally within 1 hour before the departure of flight B, and then execute step S14.
[0028] S14, continue to execute step S2 until all flights are scheduled, and then notify the corresponding crew members to execute.
[0029] The present invention obtains flight dynamic information sorted in ascending order by departure time, and automatically arranges the inbound and outbound supply and support schedules of each flight in sequence according to the flight dynamic information, can adjust the schedules of the crew in real time, arrange reasonably and quickly generate the schedule plan, and improve work efficiency.
[0030] Moreover, generally, inbound recovery can be carried out after the flight arrives at the airport, and outbound delivery can be carried out within 1 hour before the flight takes off. However, the present invention introduces a maximum allowed guarantee time T to determine whether the aircraft's stay time allows outbound delivery. If allowed, the crew can be arranged to carry out inbound recovery of flight A and outbound delivery of flight B at the same time after flight A arrives at the airport, that is, deliver meals and in-flight supplies to the aircraft, and then recover the remaining meals and in-flight supplies of the previous flight on the aircraft, without the need to carry out outbound delivery within one hour before flight B takes off. Therefore, the present invention combines the recovery task of the preceding inbound flight with the delivery task of the subsequent outbound flight and performs them simultaneously, which can not only improve the work efficiency of the crew, reduce the time waste of going to and from the apron, but also save labor costs.
[0031] In addition, the crew members arranged by the present invention to perform inbound collection and outbound delivery are all within their guarantee period, that is, within their working hours, and even if the flight is delayed, the guarantee time will not cross the crew guarantee period. Therefore, in step S13, a crew member A is arranged to perform inbound reception of flight A after the arrival of flight A, and then it is determined whether the outbound delivery time of flight B is within the guarantee period of crew member A. If so, crew member A can be arranged to perform outbound delivery of flight B, otherwise another crew member B whose outbound delivery time of flight B is within the guarantee period is arranged to perform outbound delivery of flight B.
[0032] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not a limitation on the design of this case. Any equivalent changes made based on the design key of this case shall fall within the protection scope of this case.
Claims
1. A method for dynamically adjusting crew shifts for flight supply support, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: S1. Obtain flight dynamic information of the airport in ascending order of departure time; S2. Obtain a piece of dynamic information of flight A from the flight dynamic information in order, and obtain the arrival and departure mark of flight A therefrom; S3, determine whether flight A is an inbound flight, if flight A is an inbound flight, execute step S4, otherwise execute step S9; S4. Obtain the aircraft registration number of flight A, and query the flight information of the aircraft registration number after flight A according to the aircraft registration number; S5, determine whether there is an outbound flight B after flight A on the same day, if there is flight B, execute step S6, otherwise execute step S11; S6, determining whether flight B needs to provide meals and / or in-flight food. If flight B needs to provide meals and / or in-flight food, executing step S7; otherwise, executing step S12; S7, set a maximum allowed guaranteed time T, obtain the estimated arrival time of flight A and the estimated departure time of flight B, and determine whether the time difference between the estimated departure time of flight B and the estimated arrival time of flight A is less than or equal to T. If so, execute step S8, otherwise execute step S13; S8, set flight A and flight B as transit flights, and arrange the crew to carry out outbound delivery for flight B and inbound collection for flight A before flight B takes off, and then execute step S14: S9, determine whether flight A has been scheduled, if it has been scheduled, execute step S14, otherwise execute step S10; S10, setting flight A as a stopping flight, and arranging the crew to carry out outbound delivery of flight A before flight A takes off, and then executing step S14; S11, setting flight A as an overnight flight, and arranging the crew to receive flight A after it arrives, and then executing step S14; S12, setting flight A as a transit flight, and arranging the crew to receive flight A after its arrival, and then executing step S14; S13, setting flight A and flight B as transit flights, and arranging the crew to receive flight A after flight A arrives, and then arranging the crew to perform outbound delivery before flight B takes off, and then executing step S14; S14, continue to execute step S2 until all flights are scheduled, and then notify the corresponding crew members to execute.
2. A method for dynamically adjusting crew shifts for flight supply support as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: In step S7, the maximum allowable guarantee time T is the maximum interval between the preceding and following flights of the same aircraft that can provide simultaneous inbound and outbound guarantees for the preceding and following flights, and the maximum allowable guarantee time T is 2 to 4 hours.
3. A method for dynamically adjusting crew shifts for flight supply support as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: In step S7, the maximum allowed guarantee time T is 4 hours.
4. The method for dynamic crew scheduling adjustment for flight supply support as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: In step S8 and step S12-13, the transit flight is a flight whose arrival time of the inbound flight and the departure time of the outbound flight at the same airport are both within the same day.
5. The method for dynamic crew scheduling adjustment for flight supply support as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: In step S10, the parked flight is a flight in which the aircraft has stayed at the airport for a long time, including an overnight parked flight that has stayed for one night and a maintenance parked flight that has stayed for more than one day due to repair and maintenance.
6. The method for dynamic crew scheduling adjustment for flight supply support as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: In step S11, the overnight flight is a flight that requires the aircraft to stay at the airport for one night after arriving at the airport and take off the next day.
7. The method for dynamic crew scheduling adjustment for flight supply support as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: In step S13, crew member A is arranged to perform inbound reception of flight A after flight A arrives, and it is determined whether the outbound delivery time of flight B is within the guarantee period of crew member A. If so, crew member A is arranged to perform outbound delivery of flight B. Otherwise, another crew member B whose outbound delivery time of flight B is within the guarantee period is arranged to perform outbound delivery of flight B.
8. The method for dynamic crew scheduling adjustment for flight supply support as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: In steps S10 and S13, the crew is arranged to perform outbound delivery within 1 hour before the flight takes off; in step S8, the crew is arranged to perform outbound delivery of flight B and inbound collection of flight A within 1 hour before the flight takes off.
9. The method for dynamic crew scheduling adjustment for flight supply support as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: In step S1, flight dynamic information is obtained through the airport information integration system, and the flight dynamic information includes the flight number, flight take-off and landing airports, expected take-off and landing times, actual take-off and landing times, arrival and departure marks, and aircraft registration number; in step S4, the flight information of the aircraft registration number after flight A is queried in the flight dynamic information according to the aircraft registration number.
10. The method for dynamic crew scheduling adjustment for flight supply support as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: In step S6, the airline catering management system and the airline inflight supply management system determine whether flight B needs to be provided with meals and inflight supply guarantees.