Releasing aircraft

This page allows you to release aircraft. Tell me more.

• Select the “Release Aircraft” link under the “Flight Log” business component.

The “Release Aircraft” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

• Enter the following filter criteria in the “Search Criteria” group box to search for a technical log. Data entry in the following fields is optional:

• Click the “Search” pushbutton to displays the search results.

Note: The system retrieves the confirmed journey logs for which the “Release Aircraft” status is set to “No”.

The system displays the following in the “Search Results” multiline based on the filter criteria specified:

• Enter the following:

The system displays the following:

• Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline, to mark the aircraft for releasing.

• Click the “Release Aircraft” pushbutton to release the aircraft.

The system updates the "Release Aircraft” status of the confirmed technical log to “Yes” and sets the aircraft condition to "Operational”.

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 "User Authentication Web Dialog" screen appears.

Insert the smart card into the smart card reader and enter your Personal Identification Number (PIN) in the "User PIN” field. Follow the steps mentioned under the topic “Signing-off using Electronic Signature”, for user authentication while releasing aircraft.

Ensure the following, while releasing the aircraft:

• No pending maintenance program should exist, with respect to date based schedule and usage-based schedule in the “Aircraft Maintenance Program” business component for the selected aircraft registration number.

• No pending work units should exist, with respect to date-based schedule and usage-based schedule in the “Aircraft Maintenance Program” business component for the selected aircraft registration number.

• No pending maintenance program should exist, with respect to date-based and usage-based schedules, for the component attached to the selected aircraft registration number.

Note: The system does not perform the above check, if the “Attachment Status” of the position code is “Error”.

Note: In the date-based schedule, the next schedule date along with the positive tolerance must not be the same, or earlier than the current server date. In the usage-based schedule, the next schedule value for each parameter along with the positive tolerance should not be equal or less than the corresponding parameter's present value.

• No overdue work units should exist with source as “Deferred”, with respect to date based and usage based schedules for the components and subcomponents attached to the aircraft in the Component pending tray.

Note: For date-based schedules, the system considers the work units as the overdue, if the scheduled date of the work unit is earlier than the release aircraft date. For usage based schedules, the next schedule value along with the positive tolerance should not be equal or less that the corresponding parameter’s present value.

• No deferred maintenance reports or discrepancies should exist, for the selected aircraft registration number or any components attached to the aircraft, with deferral parameter values crossing their limits in the date-based or usage-based schedules.

• All positions in the aircraft that are defined as mandatory in the “Configuration” business component must have components attached to them.

Note: The system does not perform the above check, if the “Attachment Status” of the position code is “Error”.

• No overdue work units with source as “Deferred” should exist for the selected aircraft and configuration class in the Compliance Tracking & Control pending tray, for both date based and usage based schedules.

Note: The system considers those work units as the overdue work unit, for which the scheduled date is earlier than the release aircraft  date for date based schedules. For usage based schedules, the next schedule value along with the positive tolerance should not be equal or less that the corresponding parameter’s present value.

The system performs the following:

• Updates the aircraft condition as “Operational“ for the aircraft registration number in the "Aircraft" business component

• If an occurrence related discrepancy (that is, a discrepancy with source document type as Occurrence Report) which has set the “AOG Status?” as “Yes” in the "Aircraft" business component or a maintenance report based on such discrepancy, has been resolved in the technical log, the system updates the “AOG Status?” field as "No” for the aircraft registration number in the ”Aircraft” business component.

Note: The system performs this update whenever the record status of such discrepancies or Maintenance Report is “Closed”, “Transferred”, “No Fault Found”, “Retired” or “Canceled”

To proceed, carry out the following

• Select the “View References” link at the bottom of the page to view the reference document details for the technical log.

Releasing aircraft – An overview

In this page, you can select the technical log to release the aircraft for which the technical log is created. You can carry out the search based on the technical log number, user status, aircraft registration number, log leaf and the technical log category. Based on the search criteria specified, the system retrieves the confirmed technical log details.

The system displays the following technical log details:

• Technical log number and the aircraft for which the technical log was created.

• Arrival date and time and scheduled departute date and time for the aircraft.

• Log leaf number and the category of the technical log.

You can release the aircraft in bulk or select a particular aircraft to be released. You can specify the remarks or comments while releasing the aircraft.

On releasing, the system updates the aircraft release details and sets the “Release Aircraft” status of the technical log to “Yes” and sets the condition of the aircraft to “Operational”.

What you can do in this page

Release aircraft

Release aircraft

You can release aircraft that is in “Under Maintenance” condition. Upon releasing, the "Release Aircraft” status of the confirmed technical logs is set to “Yes” and the aircraft condition is set to "Operational”.

• Enter the filter criteria to search for technical logs, in the “Search Criteria” group box.

Based on the search criteria, the system retrieves all the confirmed technical logs in the “Search Results” multiline.

• Enter the comments regarding the releasing of the aircraft, in the “Release Comments” field.

• Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline, to mark the aircraft for releasing.

• Click the “Release Aircraft” pushbutton.