A new mathematical model for determining optimal workforce planning of pilots in an airline company

This study aims to model a workforce-planning problem of pilot roles which include captain and first officer in an airline company and to make an efficient plan having maximal utilization of minimum workforce requirements. To tackle this problem, a mixed integer programming based a new mathematical...

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Published inComplex & intelligent systems Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 429 - 441
Main Authors Akyurt, İbrahim Zeki, Kuvvetli, Yusuf, Deveci, Muhammet, Garg, Harish, Yuzsever, Mert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.02.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Airlines
Complexity
Computational Intelligence
Data Structures and Information Theory
Engineering
Human resources
Integer programming
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Mixed integer
Original
Original Article
Planning
Workforce
Aircraft types
Mixed integer programming
orkforce planning
Mathematical modeling
Airline
Pilots
Airline workforce planning
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Summary:This study aims to model a workforce-planning problem of pilot roles which include captain and first officer in an airline company and to make an efficient plan having maximal utilization of minimum workforce requirements. To tackle this problem, a mixed integer programming based a new mathematical model is proposed. The model considers different conditions such as employing pilots with different skill types, resignations, retirements, holidays of pilots, transitions between different skills regarding needs of the demands during the planning horizon. The application of the proposed approach is investigated using a case study with real-world data from an airline company in Turkey. The results show that a company can use transitions instead of new employment and this is a more suitable medium-term production and human resource planning decision.
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ISSN:2199-4536
2198-6053
DOI:10.1007/s40747-021-00386-x