Actual Rest vs Possible Rest
NuvolOps way of computing crew member’s rest is changin in April 2023 from Actual Rest to Possible Rest.
Actual Rest
This is what has been used in the past in the Staff Center, both in the Stats and the FTL Report. Actual rest used only rest events (days off, vacation...) to get the total number of days off a crew has had.
This relies heavily on the automatic creation of the Days Off.
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The days off are automatically created by what we call days off scheduled process. The days off scheduled process is a process that gets triggered every night and creates past Days Off calendar events in every crew member’s calendar, filling in all the empty space between duty events. This was done in the past to count all the rest a crew member has had. Even though they are not needed now with the new implementation, the scheduled process will continue to run for a few months to ensure a smooth transition to the new system. |
Possible Rest
This is what the Crew Board has been using since it went live in Jan 2021. NuvolOps now offers the opportunity to select how the Rest is computed for each operator’s crew members: Possible Rest or Actual Rest.
The type of rest will affect everywhere the crew rest is considered:
Crew Board
Staff Center - Stats page
FTL Report
Possible Rest (by default)
It uses all rest events + empty space to compute how many days off a crew member has had. Therefore, it doesn't rely on the creation of days off (less complexity of the system → fewer places where things can go wrong).Since April 2023, this is also used in the Staff Center, both Stats page and FTL Reportevents.
Actual Rest
Actual rest uses only rest events (days off, vacation, etc.) to get the total number of days off a crew has had.
Comparison between Possible Rest
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and Actual Rest
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Here's an example of the differences in a crew member's mock schedule:
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What we can see in this calendar’s month:
The Crew member is scheduled on several flight legs
Scheduled The Crew member is scheduled in a few flight training events during the month
No There are no rest events
Stats page
In the following screenshotsscreenshot, we see how it is shown now with the possible restthe stats page looks using possible rest based on the calendar shown above:
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And In this screenshot, we see how it used to appear appeared previously using actual rest, . We can see that it is missing days off since the rest events don’t exist or don’t fully encroach the local nights fully:
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Keep in mind that the sections on these screenshots will depend on each operator’s configuration, so the information displayed will change.
FTL Report
This will only affect those operators where the total number of days off and/or hours since the weekly rest are shown.
WIP
Automatic Days off
Even though days off events are not needed we will continue creating in the past the automatic days off to have a smoother transitionIn this screenshot, we see that the rest time and hours since weekly rest have values that are much more accurate to the reality of the crew member’s schedule and no warnings (highlighted cells) are shown.
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Similarly, the cumulative rest in the FTL Report is also impacted by this change.
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How to configure the Rest option
If you would like to update your selected Rest option, please contact support@nuvolops.com and we’ll be happy to assist.