2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (2 CFFTS) resource allocation simulation tool

2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School is responsible for the intermediate phases of all pilot training for the Royal Canadian Air Force. The school´s operation is stochastic and dynamic in nature and a resource allocation planning tool has been built to simulate the interactions of its various components. For example, it takes into account weather, aircraft, simulator and instructor availability, and student failure. This paper gives an overview of the school´s operation, describes how it is simulated with a custom built C++ application and shows how the tool has been used to estimate average course duration, to determine what resources are the most significant bottlenecks and to study the impacts of significant proposed changes to the way pilots are trained. The tool was instrumental in showing that one resource was clearly responsible for creating bottlenecks and was used to analyze a few mitigation options.