New Flight Scheduler Logic
Description:
My Idea of how a flight scheduler logic could be to add realism and challenge. Feel free to provide input and thoughts
The Logic
Runway slots
When upgrading runway you’ll get more slots. Ie. less time required for takeoffs and landing, at first for example just 10 flights an hour (10 arrivals, 10 departures), but when upgraded to full Cat 3 landing system you´ll have 30 slots an hour.
Gate slots (estimated arriving and departure time- requires runway slot to be available at arrivial and departure)
Diffrent slots for small, medium and large aircrafts. (As it is now) and then divided into sub categories as stated below
Turnaround
Requiring - Refueling, Service round, (Catering, depending on length of flight)
Overnight Turnaround
Requiring - Refueling, Service round, Catering, Cleaning, Hotel for crew (offsite with shuttle or onsite no shuttle), briefing room
Hub Aircraft Turnaround
Requiring - Refueling, Service round, Catering, Cleaning, Crew parking, briefing room, Maintenance hangar, Airline office with “Airline supervisor/representative” (can’t for my life remember what its called in english, “Plats ansvarig”, in swedish.
The concept of combining runway and gate slots into a total slot is to prevent that 2 aircrafts have the same departure time, they will be granted a runway slot and if its delayed it can either be placed on hold at a taxiway, if other aircrafts with earlier slots can taxi an alternate path to the runway, also it would be more realistic if you’ll have to have more runways or beter equipment to handle more flights. not just building 30 gates and the all 30 Aircrafts arrive at the same time and then 4 hurt later they all depart.
Why it should be implemented:
The concept of combining runway and gate slots into a total slot is to prevent that 2 aircrafts have the same departure or arriving time on one single runway, they will be granted a runway slot and if its delayed it can either be placed on hold at a taxiway, if other aircrafts with earlier slots can taxi an alternate path to the runway, also it would be more realistic if you’ll have to have more runways or beter equipment to handle more flights. Not just building 30 gates and the all 30 Aircrafts arrive at the same time and then 4 hurs later they all depart.
It would provide a new set of challenges as well as ad realism to ACEO