Sr Analyst Crew Pairing
About the role
We’re not your average airline. We’re agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, we're making travel more attainable. With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, we're a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, you'll be part of a growing airline, and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places. Sun Country Airlines provides the resources and support our employees need to succeed.
Work Location: Minneapolis, MN (onsite)
Responsibilities
- Analyze flight schedules, network plans, operational processes, and resource utilization to identify improvement opportunities.
- Build and maintain models, forecasts, dashboards, KPI reports, and decision-support tools.
- Develop and evaluate crew pairing scenarios that balance operational reliability, resource utilization, and crew quality of life.
- Assess financial and operational impacts associated with schedule, fleet, staffing, and process changes.
- Partner with Network Planning, Operations, Crew Planning, Flight Operations, Inflight, Ground Operations, Revenue Management, Finance, and Technology stakeholders.
- Support implementation of approved recommendations, measure outcomes, and communicate results to stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in aviation, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Business Analytics, Operations Research, Data Science, Supply Chain, or a related quantitative field; equivalent education and experience may be considered.
- 2–5 years of relevant analytical, airline, operations, finance, planning, or optimization experience.
- Strong analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, data validation, and communication skills.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently and collaboratively, and meet applicable employment requirements.
- Preferred: Private Pilot License, Commercial Pilot License, or equivalent aviation training.
- Preferred: Experience with S3RUS.
- Preferred: Experience with AIMS crew management, pairing, rostering, tracking, or optimization tools.
- Preferred: Previous airline experience in Network Planning, Schedule Planning, Operations Performance, Crew Planning, Revenue Management, Finance, Flight Operations, or related functions.
- Preferred: Experience with SQL