What does Attila do during irregular operations?
Using Attila, an airline can expect a later entry into, and less severe “irregular operations”. Once in an irregular operation, Attila does the same thing it does during regular operations. It calculates an optimum time for each aircraft to arrive at the runway. Obviously, during irregular operations, it may not be possible to generate a solution for all airborne aircraft due to capacity limitations, but the information provided by Attila can is also very useful. For example, Attila gives the airline the predicted queue and the position of each aircraft in the queue. If the aircraft is expected to hold for 30 minutes, and the aircraft has only 20 minutes of fuel, it makes little sense to wait for 20 minutes and then divert. Having this information well ahead of time let you make aircraft by aircraft decisions about holding versus alternate airports.
