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query = """SELECT t.airline, t.flightnum, t.std, c.number_of_chutes, c.opening_before_std, c.closing_before_std FROM cost c, traffic t
WHERE c.airline = t.airline 
AND c.flightnum = t.flightnum
ORDER BY t.airline, t.flightnum"""
#logging.info(query)
cur.execute(query)

unallocated = []

# iterates through the first part of departures
for airline, flightnum, num_chutes, std, open_before_std, close_before_std in cur.fetchall():
    allocations = 0
    has_p_chutes = False
    has_r_chutes = False
    
    h = std.hour
    m = std.minute
    t = h * 12 + m / 5
    print "time: %s: %s is %s" %(std.hour, std.minute, t)
    
    # If possible, place departure at a preferred chute
    ## SELECT all preferred chutes for a given departure:
    query = """SELECT chute 
        FROM preferred_chute
        WHERE airline = '%s'
        AND flightnum = %s""" % (airline, flightnum)
    cur.execute(query)

    # iterate through preferred chutes (if any) for the given departure
    for p_chute in cur.fetchall(): 
        has_p_chutes = True
        for i in range(len(chutes)):
            # Is the current chute a preferred one?
            if (allocations < num_chutes) and schedule[0][i] == p_chute[0]:
                # Is the chute available during the SLA-time?
                available = True
                for j in range(2,5):
                    if not schedule[j][i] == 0 :
                        available = False
                if available:
                    for j in range(2,5):
                            schedule[j][i] = (airline, flightnum)
                            allocations += 1
                            
    if (allocations < num_chutes): 
        # Then place departure at a req chute
        # Select all required chutes:
        query = """SELECT chute 
            FROM required_chute
            WHERE airline = '%s'
            AND flightnum = %s""" % (airline, flightnum)
        cur.execute(query)
        # iterate through the req chutes:
        for r_chute in cur.fetchall(): 
            has_r_chutes = True
            for i in range(len(chutes)):
                # Is the current chute a preferred one?
                if (allocations < num_chutes) and schedule[0][i] == r_chute[0]:
                    # Is the chute available during the SLA-time?
                    available = True
                    for j in range(2,5):
                        if not schedule[j][i] == 0 :
                            available = False
                    if available:
                        for j in range(2,5):
                                schedule[j][i] = (airline, flightnum)
                                allocations += 1
                            
        if not has_r_chutes:
            # This should never happen!
            print "Fatal error departure (%s, %s) does not have any required chutes" % (airline, flightnum)
            sys.exit(1)
    if (allocations < num_chutes): 
        # Then store the departure as not satisfactorily allocated
        unallocated.append( (airline, flightnum) )