United published some scheduling information on their SkyNet intranet.  Hats off to whomever put that excellent and informative piece together.  It's nice to see some scheduling information finally becoming available for us.

We've been in the dark way too long about the scheduling process.

Of course, there's a flip side to all of this: This information clearly shows the direction the flight attendant work schedules are headed.  Check out the following:

Q. Why are there so many one-day IDs?

A. In a cost-perfect world, all crew pairings would be one-day turns with at least 5 hours of flying time. These IDs are the ultimate in efficiency; no credit time, no hotel or transportation costs, and very low per diem expenses. Left to its own devices, the ACRUZER optimizer will build as many one-day trips as it can.

Well, there you go: The ACRUZER 9000.  Left to its own devices, it would work away day and night to create as many 1-day trips as possible!

See also: The DSL Process
See also: Reserve Planning and Assignment Process
See also: Top 10 Scheduling Questions