| Article ID: | iaor19911334 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 189 |
| End Page Number: | 195 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1991 |
| Journal: | Interfaces |
| Authors: | Anbil Ranga, Gelman Eric, Patty Bruce, Rajan Tanya. |
Crew-pairing optimization, the most important and computationally intensive part of crew assignment, contends with union and FAA work rules and pay guarantees to arrive at a low cost solution for assigning crews to fly a monthly schedule. The trip reevaluation and improvement program (TRIP) generates annual savings in excess of $20 million. Considered the pre-eminent solution mechanism for problems of this type, TRIP has been sold to 10 major airlines and one railroad.