Understanding the Crew Schedule

The Manage Schedule program is used to review the work orders and PM projections scheduled for the current schedule period or to select a different schedule period to review. The processing options determine the default schedule period that will be used to review the crew schedule. The scheduled work can either be removed from the schedule or moved to a different schedule period or a particular date.

Work is added to the schedule using the following search links:

• Carryover Work program allows the review of work scheduled in a previous period that was not completed.

• Unscheduled Work program allows multiple searches for work not currently scheduled for inclusion in the schedule.

• PM Forecasts program allows the review of the PM projections.

As work is scheduled to the crew, the Crew Availability by Craft section is refreshed displaying the target available hours, scheduled hours, variance, and scheduled and load percent to assist the scheduler in producing the schedule.

The schedule for the next and future schedule periods can include the projected PM work load prior to the actual work order being created. The planner can review the PM work load and decide whether it should be included in the schedule period when due. Prior to saving the schedule, the PM schedule needs to be triggered due so the actual assigned work order is included in the schedule.

When the schedule for the next period has been finalized and approved, the Save Metrics form action is used to save the schedule detail and update the scheduled compliance information to the F48315 metrics table.