Crew Vacation
Vacation The Vacation module breaks down data relating to outstanding leave applications by crew category or base. The roster period is also available on the Administrator Overview screen. Leave remaining per crewmember can also be viewed, enabling the roster planner to make informed decisions when deciding between competing leave requests.
Overview
Flight Crew Vacation Awards is a web based service that allows crew members access to make bids and check availability so they can book vacation options according to agreed criteria.
The Purpose
Provide support for airline crew both bidding and requesting leave, whether it be for immediate approval against given criteria, or submission to a bid process based on company rule sets, and to get appropriate responses to those requests.
The Benefits
- All crew members have access to the Create Leave and/ or Days Off
- The portal provides an overview screen that displays leave history and current requests
- Crew can also drill down into each individual leave application to view the progress detail
- Administrator 'Employee Leave Roster' screen is a valuable decision-support tool
The Improvements
- Crewmembers can view all of their specific historical leave applications
- Indicator tells the administrator whether daily leave limits have been reached
- Leave applications may be granted or refused directly
- Crew members view all leave requests which are currently outstanding or approved
- Once the limits have been reached, further applications for the period are prevented
- Crew no longer have to wait for replies and can get immediate availability
The Process
- Entitlements are managed at both a group and individual level and can be automatically created for new crewmembers based on their base, category and employment commencement date
- Unused entitlements days can also be managed according to requirements
- Adjustments can be made to individual crewmembers so that additional days can be added to or removed from a crewmember in a given year
- Crew members make request through personalised web access
- Leave application is validated against a number of business rules which can be added to, amended or deleted
- Applications are given a 'requested' status
- Leave requests are approved or processed by agreed company process, and agreed, left pending or denied
- Leave accounts are adjusts accordingly and published via the roster