As a crew planner or dispatcher adjusting the plan of the train crew you will often get into the situation that you need to plan a passenger ride to get the crew involved to another location for their next activity. A lot of the direct passenger rides available will be in your head from experience and knowledge, but what if a transfer between two modes of passenger rides is needed? Or now the crew needs to go to a different location due to a disruption to where passenger rides are not planned often, so you are not completely sure. They actually also need time for a break, would that still fit in the plan? And what about this crew requirement for train 123 that can't be driven by John because his train will be delayed. To whom can this be planned, getting them in time at the right location and still satisfying all labor rules as well?

A lot of challenging questions can pop up and especially on day-of-operations you want to take quick action. That's where DQ Fleet & Crew Planner's passenger ride optimizer and complete duty functionality will assist you as a crew planner with suggesting possible passenger rides to the location of the next activity, planning passenger rides and breaks for you where needed while keeping labor rules into account, and suggesting crew to which you can plan train 123 without violating those same labor rules. The next video shows you this planning support in action.