easyJet and CDRs Neil Grafton

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easyJet and CDRsNeil Grafton
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Operation of easyJet

• 123 Aircraft 93 A319 30 B737
• Over 750 sectors per day
• 258 routes between 68 cities
• High aircraft utilisation based on 20min
  turnarounds

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Crews and Crew Rosters

• Approx 1550 F/C
• Average crew operate a 4 sector day
• Obtain majority of paperwork on first sector

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Route Selection

• Route structure based on RAD/AIP data
• Filed to Eurocontrol using RPLs
• Routes constructed on a season by season basis

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Systems

• Flight planning using Jeppesen
• Basic ACARS A319
• HF B737

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EZY Ops

• Large volume of flights
• Few controllers
• Reroute if ATC delay 25mins

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Concern

• Flight delays
• Operating out of CDR validity
• Reroutes required impacting on OTP