Crew Planning & Resource Analyst

Air Wisconsin Airlines•Appleton, WI

38d•Onsite

About The Position

Promotes and fosters a safe and secure operating environment Liaison with the AFA/ALPA Scheduling committees and outside vendors as needed. Incorporate pairings into monthly crew schedule lines with concentrated focus on minimizing operational risk while maximizing crew productivity. Disseminate pairing and line information to downline systems, including but not limited to, CrewTrac, FLiCA, and Crew Self-Service. Responsible for coordinating all monthly planned absences for crewmembers (i.e., vacations, recurrent and long-term training, instructor pulls, union absences, and all other non-fly activity), and makes interdepartmental recommendations to eliminate conflicts. Awarding of Pilot and Flight Attendant Bid Lines. Develop models for crew staffing needs based on scheduling requirements. Coordinate with Flight and Inflight groups to assess staffing and recommend vacancy notices based on optimal domicile allocation, position needs, and coinciding effective dates. Set up and award monthly pilot bids and vacancies/displacements in FLiCA. Daily focus on managing the dynamic changes that impact short and long-term staffing forecasts (i.e., deviation from budgeted attrition, training delays and/or failures, fluctuations in marketing hours from our major partner, etc.) and continual collaboration with Flight and Inflight departments to ensure prudent staffing decisions are being made, including monthly leaves if necessary, based on this information. Maintains various modeling reports outlining up-to-date short and long-term staffing (i.e., Required versus Bidding, Over/Under) to promote interdepartmental transparency. Collaborate with the Flight, Inflight, and Financial Planning and Analysis groups to analyze cost, productivity, and operational impact associated with contract negotiations, route structure changes, and RFPs. Provide backfill support to Scheduling and Crew Analyst position including pairing construction, as needed. Assist Crew Resource Administrator with month end resolution for Pilot and Flight Attendant groups. Ensure all final bid awards comply with FAR and collective bargaining agreements. Ensure all collective bargaining agreement deadlines with regard to schedule integration and publication are met. Provide backup and support with resolution of payroll discrepancies for all crewmembers. Provide backup and support for flight retimes and critical ops period changes from major partner. Attendance is considered an essential responsibility. Adherence to all company policies and procedures.

Requirements

Judgment and initiative necessary in setting priorities to meet deadlines and dealing with non-standard situations.
Considerable judgment used in pairing and line construction to maximize utilization of resources, minimize cost, and ensure the product translates well to the “Day of Operations” environment.
Frequent telephone and personal contact with co-workers, union representation, vendors and crewmembers.
Associate degree
Minimum of three years experience in Part 121 or 135 Crew Planning/Scheduling environment
Experience in scheduling in a union environment

Nice To Haves

Bachelors Degree

Responsibilities

Promotes and fosters a safe and secure operating environment
Liaison with the AFA/ALPA Scheduling committees and outside vendors as needed.
Incorporate pairings into monthly crew schedule lines with concentrated focus on minimizing operational risk while maximizing crew productivity.
Disseminate pairing and line information to downline systems, including but not limited to, CrewTrac, FLiCA, and Crew Self-Service.
Responsible for coordinating all monthly planned absences for crewmembers (i.e., vacations, recurrent and long-term training, instructor pulls, union absences, and all other non-fly activity), and makes interdepartmental recommendations to eliminate conflicts.
Awarding of Pilot and Flight Attendant Bid Lines.
Develop models for crew staffing needs based on scheduling requirements.
Coordinate with Flight and Inflight groups to assess staffing and recommend vacancy notices based on optimal domicile allocation, position needs, and coinciding effective dates.
Set up and award monthly pilot bids and vacancies/displacements in FLiCA.
Daily focus on managing the dynamic changes that impact short and long-term staffing forecasts (i.e., deviation from budgeted attrition, training delays and/or failures, fluctuations in marketing hours from our major partner, etc.) and continual collaboration with Flight and Inflight departments to ensure prudent staffing decisions are being made, including monthly leaves if necessary, based on this information.
Maintains various modeling reports outlining up-to-date short and long-term staffing (i.e., Required versus Bidding, Over/Under) to promote interdepartmental transparency.
Collaborate with the Flight, Inflight, and Financial Planning and Analysis groups to analyze cost, productivity, and operational impact associated with contract negotiations, route structure changes, and RFPs.
Provide backfill support to Scheduling and Crew Analyst position including pairing construction, as needed.
Assist Crew Resource Administrator with month end resolution for Pilot and Flight Attendant groups.
Ensure all final bid awards comply with FAR and collective bargaining agreements.
Ensure all collective bargaining agreement deadlines with regard to schedule integration and publication are met.
Provide backup and support with resolution of payroll discrepancies for all crewmembers.
Provide backup and support for flight retimes and critical ops period changes from major partner.
Attendance is considered an essential responsibility.
Adherence to all company policies and procedures.