1st Edition

Airline Operations Control

By Peter J. Bruce, Chris Mulholland Copyright 2021
220 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This text is among the first to reveal the intricacies of an airline’s Operations Control Centre; especially the thought processes, information flows, and strategies taken to mitigate disruptions. Airline Operations Control provides a deep level of description, explanation and detail into the activities of a range of highly professional and expert staff managing the ‘sharp’ end of the... Read more

Part I: Operations Function  1: Operations Control  2: Composition of the IOC  3: Operational Planning and Preparation  4: Operational Processes  Part II: Operational Control in Practice  5: Scenario based Information Flows  6: Weather Scenario: Snow at JFK Airport  7: Weather Scenario: Thunderstorms at SYD Airport  8: Multi-Engineering Scenario: Unserviceabilities in the Network  9: Operations Control in the Future

Biography

Peter J. Bruce spent nearly 17 years in the airline industry, for nearly all of which he was as an operations controller in an Australian domestic airline. He is recently retired from the Department of Aviation, Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. Peter is an FAA licensed Dispatcher.

Chris Mulholland started in aviation with Trans Australia Airlines in 1977, has held various positions in the Operations Control areas in Trans Australia Airlines, Australian Airlines and now Qantas where he currently holds the position of Manager, Integrated Operations Centre.