Most airlines have a multitude of crew scheduling rules implemented as additional barriers to the regulatory flight and duty time limits. This is for a good reason, as the regulatory rules are not very effective in blocking fatiguing patterns from occurring.
But how effective are those extra barriers? The beauty of being able to control and reduce fatigue risk during optimisation, during the construction of pairings and rosters (read more here), comes with an extra advantage: you can also do the exact opposite! It is possible to incentivise the optimiser to build the worst possible scheduling patterns that comply with all of your rules. By doing so in a 'scenario run' (not be used, of course, for operating crew), you can 'pressure-test' your rule set, making it possible to effectively identify any leaks and consider sealing them. Welcome to contact us here for more information and for a discussion about trying out BAM added to your crew planning optimisation process. No pressure, no diamonds.
BAM is the only fatigue model that operates in real-time with industry-strength crew planning optimizers, enabling cost-efficient influence of the overall fatigue risk exposure as crew pairings and rosters are put together. BAM has been in production with optimizers since 2011.