Carmen is a computer program. It will work to whatever priorities it is given. It is entirely possible to include seniority, lifestyle requirements and all sorts of other things in the list of constraints it has to work with. However, at Virgin it seems to have become apparent that not even Carmen's own staff fully understand the power or flexibility of the program and its various modules; pilots from our union have been in to give them a hand - and have significantly improved what it can do for the company and for us.
For more information, get your people to contact the Virgin Atlantic Company Committee via BALPA.
Scroggs