Creating technical log information

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This page can be used to create the technical log information of a journey, corresponding to the journey log of the same flight. Tell me more.

The “Create Technical Log” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date & Time Format

The format in which the date and time fields are to be entered. This format is displayed from the “User Preferences” business component based on the login user ID. In case the format is not defined, the system displays the date and time format from the “Enterprise Modeling” business component by default.

The system displays the following fields in the “Tech Log Details” group box:

Tech Log #

A unique number generated by the system, to identify each technical log. The number, generated based on the “Numbering Type” selected, will be unique across aircraft.

Numbering Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the numbering type based on which the technical log number has to be generated. The system lists the values defined for the “Technical Log” and “Technical Log – 145”  transactions in the “Create Numbering Class“ activity of the “Document Numbering Class” business component.

Data selection in this field is mandatory.

Note: You can leave this field blank, only if the numbering type or the default numbering type is set for the technical log transaction, in the “Create Numbering Type” activity of the “Document Numbering Class” business component.

Note: If the “Operations Type” selected is “Repair Station”, the system considers the numbering type set for “Technical Log –145” for generating the technical log number.

Tech. Log Category

Use the drop-down list box to select the category to which the technical log belongs. The system lists all the values defined for the quick code type “Technical Log Category” in the “Create Quick Codes” activity. The system leaves the field blank by default.

Data selection in this field is mandatory.

Note: The “Tech.Log Category” cannot be modified after the technical log is created.

The system displays the following field in the “Tech Log Details” group box:

Status

The status of the technical log, which could be one of the following:

  • Fresh – When the technical log is created. The details can be added or modified if the technical log is in “Fresh” status.

  • Confirm - When the technical log is confirmed. The details cannot be modified.

Log Leaf #

The number identifying the log leaf, which contains the technical log details (Alphanumeric, 40).

The system mandates a value in this field, if ‘Log Leaf Validation Basis’ is kept at ‘Discrepancy Level’ or ‘Technical Log Level & Discrepancy Level’. However, if “Log Leaf Validation” is set as ‘Optional’, the system does not mandate a value in the field.

Operations Type

Use the drop-down list to assign a user-defined status for the technical log. The system lists the options “Flight Ops” and “Repair Station”. The system sets the field to “Flight Ops” by default.

Note: The operations type cannot be modified, once the technical log is created.

Tech. Log Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the tech log type of flight as “Planned” or “Unplanned”. The system displays “Planned” by default.

Tech. Log Basis

Use the drop-down list box to select the tech log basis of flight as “Non Journey Log”, “JL - consolidated” or “JL - Leg Level”.  The system displays blank by default.

Aircraft Reg#

 

The registration number of the aircraft for which the technical log details are to be entered (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory. Ensure that the aircraft registration number is defined in the “Aircraft” business component and is in the “Active” status. Also, the status of the aircraft registration number must not be “Frozen” in the “Aircraft” business component.

Help facility available.

Note: The aircraft registration number must correspond to the journey log specified in the “Journey Log#” field. If this field is left blank, the system displays the aircraft registration number that is referred by the “Journey Log#”, if the “Operations type” is set as “Flight Ops”.     

The system displays the following:

Aircraft Model #

The model number to which the aircraft belongs.

Tech Log Date & Time

The date and time at which the technical log was reported (Date & Time Format). Mandatory. If this field is left blank, the system displays the system date and time in the time zone of the execution station, if the execution time zone option is set as ‘Local' in the “Set Options” activity. If the option is set as UTC, the system date and time are displayed.

Note: The “Tech Log Date and Time” must be later than or equal to the date and time entered in the “Gate-in Date & Time” field. The system displays the current server date and time by default.

Note: The “Tech Log Date & Time” must be later than the operational date and time of the aircraft.

Note: Ensure that “Tech Log Date & Time” does not fall in the range of the closed reliability period for the reliability fleet to which the aircraft is associated.

The system displays the following field:

Pending Incomplete Jobs

The number of pending incomplete jobs including the overdue work units, pending discrepancy jobs and deferred discrepancy jobs.

Actual Start Date & Time

The date and time of flight departure (Date & Time Format). By default, the system displays the current system date and time.

Actual End Date & Time

The date and time of flight arrival (Date & Time Format).

Gate #

The number identifying the gate (Alphanumeric, 40).

Gate-In Date & Time

The date and time at which the flight was taxied to the gate or the last docking date (Date & Time Format). By default, the system displays the current system date and time.

Work Center #

Use the drop-down list box to select the work center for the technical log. The system list s all the work centers defined in the “Create Work Center” activity of the “Work Center” business component, with the execution capability as “Line Jobs” and “All”.

 If this field is left blank, the system displays the work center that is mapped to the aircraft in the “Allocate Aircraft to Maintenance Base” activity, in the “Compliance Tracking & Control” business component as on the "Tech Log Date & Time".

If a work center is not mapped to the aircraft in the “Allocate Aircraft to Maintenance Base” activity of the “Compliance Tracking & Control” business component for the specified “Tech Log Date & Time”, then the system leaves this field blank.

Data selection for this field is mandatory.

Execution Station

Use the drop-down list box to select the station where the technical log has been reported on the sheet. The system lists all the “Active” stations defined in the “Create Station” activity of the “Common Masters” business component.

If this field is left blank, the system displays the station that is mapped to the work center in the “Work Center” business component. If an execution station is not mapped to a work center, the execution station must be selected here.

Data selection in this field is mandatory.

COM Reqd?

Use the drop-down list box to specify whether certificate of maintenance is required for the technical log. You can enter this field only if the “COM Reqd?” option is set as “User Selected”, in the “Set Options” activity.

The system sets this field to “Yes”, if the “COM Reqd?” option is set as “Required” in the “Set Options” activity. If the “COM Reqd?” option is set as “Not Required”, the system sets this field to “No”.

Maintenance Event

Use the drop-down list box to select the maintenance event for the technical log. The system lists all the maintenance events that are in the “Active” status in the “Maintain Maintenance Events” activity of the “Common Masters” business component.

By default, the system leaves the field blank.

Expense Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the type of expense for the flight technical log as “Revenue” or “Capital”. The system displays “Revenue” by default.

CAPEX Proposal #

The number identifying the CAPEX proposal of technical log (Alphanumeric, 40). Entry in this field is mandatory, if the “Expense Type” is set as "Capital" for the technical log.

Leave this field blank, if the “Expense Type” is set as “Revenue” for the technical log.

Help facility is available.

Note: The CAPEX Proposal number entered here must have an asset class that is same as the asset class to which the Asset Tag and Asset No. are mapped for an aircraft. The system performs this check only when the expense type is “Capital” and the “Enforce Object to Asset Mapping For” field is set as “Aircraft” in the “Set Option” activity of the “Account Group” business component.

Paper Document Updated

Check this box to indicate that the paper document, in which the technical log details are entered, is updated.

The system displays the following field:

Reference Time Zone

The reference time zone selected for creating the technical log. The system displays “Local”, if the “Time Zone Reference for Log Records” is set as “User Defined” or “Local” or “Starting Station” or “Destination Station” in the “Set Options” activity.

The system displays “UTC”, if the “Time Zone Reference for Log Records” is set as “UTC” in the “Set Options” activity.

Journey Log #

The number identifying the corresponding confirmed journey log (Alphanumeric, 40). Ensure that the journey log number refers to a journey log that is in the “Approved” status.

Help facility available.

Starting Station

The station from which the journey begins (Alphanumeric, 30).

Flight & Leg #

The number identifying the flight and Leg for which the technical log is created (Alphanumeric, 30).

Help facility available.

Line  #

The number identifying the line of the flight (Integer).

Note: The journey log number, flight and leg numbers and line number cannot be modified or deleted, if action has been recorded against the pilot reported discrepancies associated to the technical log through the journey log.   

If no action is taken against the pilot-reported discrepancies, the journey log number, flight and leg numbers and line number can be modified, deleted or no longer associated to the technical log. The status of such discrepancies is reverted to the previous status.

Note: If the “Tech Log Basis” is set as “JL - consolidated” or “JL - Leg Level”, and if only Journey Log # is entered, then the system ensures that the Journey Log #/Flight#/Leg# combination or Journey Log #/Line# combination for the Aircraft Reg # is not referred in any technical log. If the Journey Log has not been referred in any other Technical Log, system retrieves the Flight #/Leg # or Line # from the Journey Log whose arrival date and time is lesser or equal to the entered execution date and time and for which  “Maint. Execution” is set as “Yes”.

The system displays the following in the “Customer Order Details” group box:

Customer #

The identification number of the customer who owns the Aircraft.

Customer Name

The name of the customer.

Customer Order #

The identification number of the customer order. (Alphanumeric, 40). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if the Ownership for the Aircraft is “Customer”.

Help facility available.

The system displays the following in the “Customer Order Details” group box:

Customer Order Desc.

The textual description of the Customer Order.

To create a technical log

Note: This action is workflow-enabled. Notification messages can be sent and you can configure further processing of this document in the "Workflow Management" business component.

The system performs the following:

Note: The system does not allows you to defer the maintenance report if the threshold date (or) revised threshold date is earlier than the current server date, and if the threshold value (or) revised threshold value is less than the current parameter value associated to the aircraft.

  1. If the backend option is set as “Forecasted/Overdue workunits”, then the system automatically retrieves all the work units on creation of technical log

  2. If the backend set option is set as “Deferred Discrepancies”, then the system automatically retrieves all the deferred discrepancies on creation of the technical log.

  3. If the backend set option is set as “Both”, then the system retrieves both the work units and the deferred discrepancies on creation of the technical log. Else, if it is set as “None”, then none of the workunits/deferred discrepancies will be retrieved.

Note: The system will retrieve the Maintenance Reports (Deferred Discrepancies) only on clicking the “Get Details” pushbutton.

Note: For example: If the “Allocation Basis of Pending Work Units to Techlog” is “Scheduled Date”, then the system retrieves and allocates the work units to the technical log based on the schedule date alone. But, if the work unit does not have a “Schedule date” against it, for eg: in case of As Required Work Units, the system will retrieve and allocate the work unit based on its “Planned Start Date”. If the back end option is “Which ever is earlier”, then the system will allocate the work units depending on the “Scheduled Date” or the “Planned Start Date” which ever is earlier.

Note: The above mentioned validation is not applicable if the “Retrieval of Forecasted/Deferred Discrepancy” back end option is set to either “Deferred Discrepancy” or “None”.

Note: If the technical log is created with reference to line package, then the system does not consider the back end set option set for “Retrieval of Forecasted/Deferred Discrepancies”

Note: The system updates the record status of the maintenance report from “Deferred” to “Under Resolution”, if the “Action” field is set to a value other than “Defer”.

The system performs the following, when the operations type is not set as “Repair Station:

If the operations type is not  “Repair Station”, the system retrieves work units and updates them in the "Record Work & Sign-off Information" page if:

Note: Work units are retrieved for the aircraft, component attached to the aircraft, engineering order or fleet campaign directives in which, the status of the work units is “Pending” and transient status is “Forecasted” or “Deferred” and the job type is "Aircraft", “On-wing” or “Removal”.

The system updates the following for the retrieved work units, if the operations type is not “Repair Station”:

Note: For overdue or pending work units that are fetched, the system updates their source as “Pending” and “Incomplete” respectively.

If the operations type is not “Repair Station”, the system also retrieves work units that have been included in some other technical logs, for which “Execution Status” is “Incomplete”, and performs the following:

Note: For pending or overdue work units that are fetched, the system updates their source as “Pending” and “Incomplete” respectively.

Note: The system does not retrieve the above details, if the “Operations type” is set as “Repair Station” irrespective of the value set in the back end option “Retrieval of Forecasted Work Units/Deferred Discrepancies.

The system updates the following:

Note: If a pending authorized material request exists for the aircraft on the given warehouse, the system updates the material request number. The technical log for the material request is updated and the pending quantity of the material request is reduced. The material request source is updated as "Planned".

Note: A part is identified as PBH, if the specified aircraft registration number and specified part, or the specified part and any of its higher assembly parts, are identified in the PBH object list for a supplier. The supplier should have reference for both the part number and any of the higher assembly part number.

The system retrieves the work units identified against the selected maintenance event, from the “Aircraft Maintenance Program ” business component, into the “Record Work & Sign-off Information” page and sets the source for these work units as “Maintenance Events”, the planning type as “Planned” and execution status as “Pending”.

Note: For pending or overdue work units that are fetched, the system updates their source as “Pending” and “Incomplete” respectively.  

Note: The system does not retrieve the above details if the “Operations Type is set as “Repair Station".

The system performs the following "Suppress" action when associating work units that are overdue or planned for execution:

The system posts the financial entries to the relevant account codes in the "Finance Book Processing" business component.

To confirm a technical log

Before confirmation, ensure the following:

Note: This action is workflow-enabled. Notification messages can be sent and you can configure further processing of this document in the "Workflow Management" business component.

The system performs the following:

If the Tech Log is based on a customer order with a service price list that has the “Pricing Method for Skills” set to “Roster Code”, the system (i) splits the time sheet records into various time slabs and (ii) computes the skill price as defined in the roster code details of the service price list attached to the customer order.

Note: The system does not allows you to defer the maintenance report if the threshold date (or) revised threshold date is earlier than the current server date, and if the threshold value (or) revised threshold value is less than the current parameter value associated to the aircraft.

  1. if the source of the work units is “Forecast” and the execution status is “Completed”, and

  2. if the source of the work units is “Deferment Request” and the work unit execution status is  “Completed” or “Pre-Closed”

Parameter value updation

For planned, unplanned and direct work units where the job type is on-wing and execution status is “Completed”, based on their maintenance type, the system resets the following parameter values of the components on which work units are executed in the “Edit Consumption and Range Parameters” page of “Edit Component Record” activity in the “Aircraft” business component

Note: The system will not reset any value if the maintenance type for the work unit is “Others” or “Retire”.

For the work units retrieved from "Compliance Tracking & Control" business component, the system updates the "Job Status" of work units (for which the "Execution Status" is set as "Completed” in the "Record Work & Sign-off Information" page) as "Completed" in the "Compliance Tracking & Control" business component.

If parameter values are recorded against the technical log, the system updates the parameter values with Techlog # / Line # / WorkUnit #/ Task# / Sub Task# reference in the parameter value history in the “Aircraft” business component, based on the update mode.

For the work units retrieved from "Compliance Tracking & Control" business component, the system updates the "Job Status" of work units (for which the "Execution Status" is set as "Completed” in the "Record Work Information" page) as "Completed" in the "Compliance Tracking & Control" business component.

Compliance history updation for work units

On confirmation, for unforecasted work units added from the “Perform Opportunity Maintenance” page, and the direct work units added in the “Record Work and Sign-Off Information” page, where the execution status is set as “Completed”, the system updates the compliance information such as the ‘Last Performed Date’ and ‘Last Performed Value’. If those work units are repetitive, then their ‘Next Schedule Date’ and ‘Next Schedule Value’ are also updated in their respective aircraft maintenance program or component maintenance program. If work unit is scheduled more than once in the maintenance program, the system updates the compliance information for all of them.

For work units with “Execution Status” as “Incomplete”, the system displays the first compliance date as the “Compliance Date” for these work units.

If the operations type is “Flight Ops”, the system updates the compliance date of the work units in the compliance history of the “Aircraft” business component, based on the option set for the “Ref. Date for Compliance against Flight Ops” in the “Set Options” activity. If the option setting is “Start Date”, the system considers the start date of the technical log. If the option setting is “End Date”, the system considers the end date of the technical log. If the option setting is “User Defined”, the system considers the compliance date specified in the “Record Work Unit & Sign-off Information” page.

Note: The compliance date specified in the “Record Work Unit & Sign-off Information” page should lie between the “Actual Start Date & Time” and “Actual End Date & Time” of the technical log.

If the operations type is “Repair Station”, the system updates the compliance date of the work units in the compliance history of the “Aircraft” business component, based on the option set for the “Ref. Date for Compliance against Repair Station” in the “Set Options” activity. If the option setting is “Start Date”, the system considers the start date of the technical log. If the option setting is “End Date”, the system considers the end date of the technical log. If the option setting is “User Defined”, the system considers the compliance date specified in the “Record Work Unit & Sign-off Information” page.

Note: The compliance date specified in the “Record Work Unit & Sign-off Information” page should lie between the “Actual Start Date & Time” and “Actual End Date & Time” of the technical log.

Note: If any work unit of the current technical log is “Pre-Closed”, the system updates the compliance details in the Compliance Tracking & Control pending tray based on the option setting.

Note: The system calculates the next schedule for incomplete work units based on usage schedules.

Note: The system does not perform the above updates for work units whose source is “Maintenance Event”.

For the planned work units, if the execution status of the planned work units is “Completed” in the technical log, the system updates the compliance details in their corresponding “Aircraft Maintenance Program” or “Component Maintenance Program”.

If the “Enforce Excess/Core Returns?” field in the “Set Options” activity is set as “No”,  the technical Log gets confirmed without checking for the pending return qty.

If the “Enforce Excess/Core Returns?” field in the “Set Options” activity is set as “Yes”, ensure that the following conditions are satisfied for work units available in the “Record Material & Report Consumption” page:

The system will short close the material requests associated to the technical log, which are in “Authorized” or “Partially Issued” status. While short closing, Issue or Stock Transfer Issue documents, if any, created in “Fresh” status for those material requests, will be canceled. Stock Transfer documents associated with such canceled Stock Transfer Issue documents will also be short-closed.

If the “Automatic Confirmation of Maint.Report” option is set to “Yes” in the “Set Options” activity, then the status of the maintenance report is automatically set to “Confirmed” on confirmation. The system also checks whether the login user has been assigned the rights to confirm a maintenance report in the “Discrepancy Processing” component. If the login user does not have the required rights, then the status of the maintenance report will not be automatically confirmed even when the “Automatic Confirmation of Maint.Report” option is set to “Yes” in the “Set Options” activity.

If the work units have been retrieved from the “Opportunity Maintenance” page of the “Compliance Tracking & Control” business component and the execution status of these work units are “Completed”, the system updates the job status of these work units as “Completed” in the “Compliance Tracking & Control” business component.

The system also updates the compliance status of these work units based on the source. If the source of the work unit is “AMP”, the schedule status is left blank in the “Aircraft Maintenance Program” business component. If the source of the work unit is “CMP”, the execution status is updated as “Completed” in the “Component Maintenance Program” business component.

If these work units have any reference to EO or FCD, the system updates the “Engineering Order” business component with the execution comments of the work unit.

The system posts the financial entries to the relevant account codes in the "Finance Book Processing" business component.

The system ensures that component replacement details are recorded for the completed replacement work units reported in the 'Record Work and Sign-Off Information' page.

If component replacement details are available, the system updates them before confirming the technical log.

Note: You cannot confirm a technical log when the component replacement records, with the “Source” set as “Remove”, “Attach” or “Swap”, are not confirmed in the “Replace Components” page.

The system performs the following if component replacement details are available:

Note: The above check is not performed for component whose job type is “Component Removal”

The system generates the Component Replacement number and the Cannibalization number for components for which the "Object Type" is set as "Component" in the "Replace component" page only for those records, which do not have a component replacement number.

Note: The system will not generate a component replacement number when outgoing component details are available but incoming component details are not specified.

Note: If the "Source" of the component to be replaced is set as "Cannibialize", the system generates two transactions, one for the aircraft from which the component is removed and replaced, and another for  the aircraft from where cannibalization is done. The status of the first transaction is updated as "Replaced" and the status of the second transaction is updated as "Removed".

Note: If the "Source" is other than "Cannibalize", the system generates only one transaction and updates the status as "Replaced".

To cancel the technical log

Note: Only technical logs that are in the “Fresh” status can be canceled.

Note: This action is workflow-enabled. Notification messages can be sent and you can configure further processing of this document in the "Workflow Management" business component.

Note: The system does not allow you to cancel the technical log, if the selected technical log has been referenced in the purchase order of type “Adhoc PO” or “Service PO”, and if the status of the line item (technical log) is other than “Short Closed” or “Cancelled”.

Note: Ensure that the “Execution Status” of the planned work units is not “Completed” or “Incomplete”.

If the source of work units is “Aircraft Forecast“ or “Component Forecast”, the system updates the execution status of the work units as “Pending”.

If the source of the work units is “Line Package”, the system updates the status of the work units from “Techlog Created” to “Package Created”, and removes the Tech Log # reference in the line package created in the “Line Planning and Control” business component.

Note: If the source of the work units is “Deferred”, the system updates the “Execution Status” of the work units as “Deferred”.

The system will short close the material requests associated to the technical log, which are in “Authorized” or “Partially Issued” status. While short closing, Issue or Stock Transfer Issue documents, if any, created in “Fresh” status for those material requests, will be canceled. Stock Transfer documents associated with such canceled Stock Transfer Issue documents will also be short-closed.

To proceed, carry out the following

Refer “Updating work information  – An overview” for more details.

Note: On confirmation of the technical log, the execution status of all the work units specified in the “Report Work Information” page is set to “Completed”.

Refer “Updating material request and reporting  consumption for the technical log – An overview” for more details.

Refer “Updating component replacement details for technical log – An overview” for more details.

Refer “Updating employee actual information for the technical log – An overview” for more details.

Refer to the “Discrepancy Processing” online help for more details.

Refer to the “Material Request” online help for more details.

Select the “Create Maintenance Return” link to create a maintenance return document for returning excess stock or core-returnable, if any.

Refer to “Stock Return” online help for more details.

Refer to the “Aircraft” online help for more information.

Refer to the “Discrepancy Processing” online help for more details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording technical log information – An overview

Create Technical Log - A summary of the activity

In this page, the technical log details corresponding to a journey log can be recorded. Aircraft and journey details can also be entered. Both PIREP and technical log discrepancy details can be noted. Additionally, you can edit these details or revise the deferral limits. The maintenance report and the corresponding deferred discrepancy resolution details can be recorded. Also, mechanic and inspector details can be filled in. The technical log details can then be saved, confirmed or cancelled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What you can do in this page

Choose a numbering pattern to generate the technical log number

Specify the category for the technical log

Set the default action for discrepancies in the multiline

Create technical log

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose a numbering pattern to generate the technical log number

You can select a numbering type for the technical log. A unique technical log number will be generated by the system based on the numbering type you select in this page.

On clicking the “Create Log” pushbutton, the system generates the technical log number based on the selected numbering type.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specify the category for the technical log

You can select the category to which the technical log belongs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set the default action for discrepancies in the multiline

You can set the default action for all the discrepancies in the multiline.

On clicking the “Create Log” pushbutton, the system updates the default action in all the rows in the multiline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create technical log

You can create a new technical log and also confirm the details in the same page.

The system assigns the “Fresh” status to the created technical log.