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Navtech, one of the leaders in flight operations software and services, has partnered with eTripTrader, a Boise, ID software company that specializes in automated and customizable schedule management systems. The partnership offers airlines a blend of Navtech’s ‘best of breed’ Crew Planning products and eTripTraders’ employee scheduling and shift trading solutions, providing a new choice for airlines seeking an integrated, efficient and balanced process.
“By joining forces with eTripTrader, Navtech’s crew offerings are strengthened as is flexibility resulting in improved quality of life for our customers’ crews,” said Lee Granger, Vice President Product Management for Navtech. “We are pleased to be the exclusive reseller for eTripTrader and we look forward to sharing our combined leading edge offerings with the aviation community.”
Navtech has two state of the art Crew Planning products. The Navtech Pairing Optimizer is a fully configurable desktop application that produces highly optimized crew pairings. All policies as well as organizational objectives for cost, robustness and operationally desirable trips are taken into consideration by the engine. Navtech’s Preferential Bidding System (PBS) works to create a flying and reserve schedule to satisfy an airlines’ coverage needs while simultaneously meeting crews’ objectives.
Likewise, eTripTrader has two cutting edge employee scheduling systems. Crew Companion is a schedule management and improvement system that incorporates patent pending visual trip detail into a one-page display of all pertinent trip trading information. It includes open time and trip trade boards, instant contractual legality calculations, as well as criteria trades that show a matching trip list with pay and legality. Crew Companion also integrates tips, excellent help and fanatical support. eTripTrader’s SkedFlex is a fully automated and customizable shift trading solution providing airlines with a revolutionary workplace flexibility tool. Both products help organizations realize substantial savings and provide their employees with a better work-life balance, thus improving their quality of life.
“eTripTrader’s mission is to improve quality of life for airline employees and we’ve enjoyed nine years of consecutive growth by providing reliable, innovative, automated shift/trip trading products along with ‘fanatical’ customer service. We couldn’t be more excited about having Navtech become the worldwide distributor of our SkedFlex and Crew Companion products. We know that no company is better capable of showing the industry that automated shift/trip trading is not merely a perk, but rather an imperative that greatly benefits the company as well as improving quality of life for the employees,” said Tom LaJoie, eTripTrader CEO.
All Navtech and eTripTrader crew products provide a complete solution and can be used from mobile devices and tablets. The combined offering will provide Navtech customers with an enhanced offering that further serves to meet their crew performance and cost-saving expectations while offering their crews more flexibility to fit their lifestyles.
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales. She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.
