PDC Slot Management - continued
Funtions
Slot Status
PDC Slot Management maintains status of the airline's slots. It keeps track of all issued SCR's and all responses. It allows issue of slot information requests and processing of the reply.
Deviations between Schedule and Coordinated Slots
PDC Slot Management receives the airlines' schedule in batch mode or in real time. It high-lights the deviations between the schedule wanted and the actual slots as coordinated.
Maintain Historical Rights
PDC Slot Management helps the airline maintain its historical rights to slots. It is a tool to monitor how the performance has been on coordinated airports so that focus can be given to stations where a risk of losing a valuable slot is persistent.
Presentation
Slot status is presented in an SCR like formatted report showing 'problem flights' for all or selected stations, period, flight number range, aircraft types and service type codes.
Interface for historical data (information on performed flights) is loaded into PDC Slot Management via an SQL gateway or imported as a text file.
Automatic Handling of deviations and sending of SCR's
When deviations between the schedule wanted and the actual slots are discovered, PDC Slot Management automatically generates the SCR that should be sent to the coordinator to change the slot so that it matches the schedule. When generated, the telex is sent to the coordinator. Offers received from the coordinator are presented to the user, and the acceptance or rejection is returned.
Implementation of PDC Slot Management and interfaces to other systems
PDC Slot Management is implemented as a standalone system with integration to a third party operations control system. As a standard, telex interfaces are file based. This makes the PDC Slot Management easily adaptable to either a standard SITA-text environment or to a customer specific message exchange system.
Logging
Logging of all incoming and outgoing telexes with the ability to mark or comment telexes for later handling or checking is also provided.
Error Queue
When telexes are received that do not conform to the IATA chapter 6 standard, they are put in an error queue. The user can then manually amend the telex and resend it, or choose to discard the telex.
Initiel Submission
The task of initial submission at the start of a new season is also possible using PDC Slot Management.
