Editing aircraft record

You can modify the details of the selected aircraft in this page. Tell me more.

Select the "Edit Aircraft Record" link at the bottom of the “Select Aircraft" page.

The “Edit Aircraft Record” page appears.

The system displays the following:

Date Format

The format in which the date fields are displayed in this page. 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 format from the “Enterprise Modeling” business component by default.

The system displays the following field in the “Aircraft Identifiers” group box:

Aircraft Reg #

The registration number of the aircraft to be modified.

Note: You cannot modify the details of the aircraft record that is created through the “Change Aircraft Reg #” page.

Enter the following field in the “Aircraft Identifiers” group box:

Record Status

Use the drop-down list box to modify the status of the aircraft. The system displays the options "Under Creation", “Active” and “Inactive”. Set the status to “Inactive” to disable the aircraft from future reference in other activities. Leave this field blank if you wish to retrieve details of aircraft irrespective of their status.

You cannot modify the status to "Under Creation", if the aircraft was already in "Active" or "Inactive" status

The system displays the following field in the “Aircraft Identifiers” group box:

Previous Aircraft Reg #

The previous registration number of the aircraft, as available in the “View Aircraft Ownership History” page.

Enter the following fields:

Manufacturer Serial #	The MSN or the manufacturer’s serial number given to the aircraft by the manufacturer at the time of production. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.
Variable Tab #	The tab number of the aircraft (Integer). The variable tab number is one of the identifiers of the aircraft. Mandatory.
Note: Ensure that manufacturer serial number and variable tab number are unique for the manufacturer of a particular aircraft model. The system does not perform the above check for aircraft that are inactivated due to creation of new aircraft registration number, and also for aircraft that are reactivated after creation of new aircraft registration number.
Nose #	The nose number of the aircraft is an aircraft identifier, which is primarily used by the marketing department of an airline (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory.
Aircraft Model #	The model to which the aircraft belongs (Alphanumeric, 20). Mandatory. Ensure that the model number is already defined in the “Create Aircraft Model” activity and is in “Active” status.
	Help facility available.

The system displays the following field:

Manufacturer #

The number identifying the manufacturer of the aircraft.

Enter the following field:

Date Of Manufacture

The date of manufacture of the aircraft (Date Format). The date must be in the format specified in the “Date Format” field.

Inventory Part #

The inventory part number of the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 40). Inventory Part number is the manufacturers’, suppliers’ or the industry standard identifier for the aircraft.

Help facility available.

Enter the following fields in the “Supplementary Identifier Details” group box:

Customer Effectivity #	The customer effectivity number is another identifier for an aircraft (Alphanumeric, 30). It is usually used in the aircraft manuals like IPC, AMM, FIM etc.
Engine Set #	The engine set number of the aircraft.

Enter the following fields in the “Aircraft Ownership Details” group box:

Reg. Cert #	The number on the registration certificate of the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 40). Data entry in this field is mandatory when the “Engagement Type” is “Full Maintenance”.
Issue Date	The date on which the registration certificate was issued (Date Format). The date entered in this field must be in the format specified in the “Date Format” field.

Aircraft Ownership	Use the drop-down list box to modify the ownership type of the aircraft. Mandatory. If the record status of the aircraft is “Under Creation”, the system provides the options:
	Owned - indicates that the aircraft is owned.
	Leased - indicates that the aircraft is taken on lease.
	Leased out - indicates that the aircraft is leased out to a third party. Customer – indicates that the aircraft is owned by customer. You must select this option when the “Engagement Type” of the aircraft is “On Request”.
	If the record status of the aircraft is “Active” or “Inactive”, the system provides only the last saved aircraft ownership.
Note: You can modify the ownership of the aircraft record, only if the aircraft record is in “Under Creation” status.
Regulatory Authority	Use the drop-down list box to modify the regulatory authority to which the aircraft belongs. Regulatory Authorities are the statutory bodies responsible for laying, implementing and monitoring of standards regarding airworthiness of the aircraft. The system lists all the regulatory authorities that are in “Active” status, as defined in the “Create Regulatory Authority Codes” activity of the “Common Masters” business component. Mandatory.
Lease Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of lease, if you have selected “Leased” or “Leased out” in the “Aircraft Ownership” field. The system provides the following options:
	Wet - indicates that the lessee should maintain the aircraft.
	Dry - indicates that the lessor should maintain the aircraft.
	Leave the field blank if you have selected “Owned” in the “Aircraft Ownership” field.
Owning Agency #	The code identifying the agency who owns the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 25). You must leave this field blank if the "Aircraft Ownership" is "Owned". If the "Aircraft Ownership" is "Customer" ensure that the owning agency is already defined as a customer code in the "Create Customer code" activity of "Customer" business component and is in "Active" status. Help facility available

Note: You cannot modify the owning agency number for those aircraft that are in “Active” status.

The system displays the following:

Owning Agency Name

The name of the owning agency

Enter the following field:

Engagement Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the type of service provided to the aircraft. The system lists the following options:

Full Maintenance – Select this option to indicate that full maintenance service would be provided on the aircraft
On Request – Select this option to indicate that the maintenance service would be provided on request. While selecting this option ensure that the “Aircraft Ownership” is “Customer”.

Maint. Operator#

Use the drop-own list box to select the maintenance operator for the aircraft. The drop-down list box displays all the “Active” maintenance operator codes defined in the Common Masters component.

The maintenance operator is mandatory, if the process parameter “Enforce Maintenance Parameter” for entity type “Aircraft Entry” is set to 1 in the “Define Process Entities” activity. Further, the system automatically retrieves and displays the maintenance operator for a customer owned aircraft, if “Enforce Maintenance Parameter” for entity type “Aircraft Entry” is set to 1.

The system displays the following field:

Power by Hour?

Indicates whether the selected aircraft is under the PBH coverage.

The system displays “Yes”, if the selected aircraft is covered under PBH and if the PBH contract is valid as on the current system date, else the system displays “No”.

Enter the following field:

Preferred Stock Status

Use the drop-down list box to specify the preferred stock status. The system lists all the stock statuses having status attribute as “Ownership – Internal” or “Ownership – Customer” and the transaction as “Aircraft Creation”, as defined in the “User defined Stock Status” business component.

Note: If the “Aircraft Ownership” is set as “Owned”, “Leased” or “Leased-Out”, the system ensures that the status attribute of the selected preferred stock status is “Ownership – Internal”.

If the “Aircraft Ownership” is set as “Customer”, the system ensures that the status attribute of the selected preferred stock status is “Ownership – Customer”.

Select the “Operational Details” tab to record the operational details of the aircraft.
Select the “Accounting Details” tab to maintain the accounting details of the aircraft.
Select the “Additional Details” tab to record the additional details of the aircraft.

Click the “Edit Aircraft Record" pushbutton to update the modified details of the selected aircraft.

Note: The system updates the status of the aircraft as “Active”, if the record status is modified from “Under creation” to “Active” and the engagement type is set as “Full Maintenance”.

On modification of Record Status of an aircraft as 'Inactive’, updates Record Status of all attached components and assemblies in Configuration as 'Inactive', if the process parameter 'Update Record Status of the attached Components as "Inactive" upon inactivation of Aircraft Record?' under entity type Aircraft Entry and entity Aircraft is 1/Yes in the Define Process Parameters activity of Common Master.
On modification of Record Status of an aircraft as ‘Active’, updates Record Status of all attached components and assemblies in Configuration as 'Active', If the process parameter 'Update Record Status of the attached Components as "Active" upon activation of an inactive Aircraft Record?'under entity type Aircraft Entry and entity Aircraft is 1/Yes in the Define Process Parameters activity of Common Master.
Engineering document impact: Upon activation (Record Status = Active), 4 the system updates the serial details in those engineering documents that are effective to the new aircraft. Further, if the new aircraft is impacted by any Process Change Request, this document is also updated with serial # on activation.
Inheritance of cabin layout and cabin equipment mapping: If the cabin layout status of the aircraft is ‘No’, the cabin layout configuration and cabin equipment – position code mapping are inherited from the model of the aircraft. An aircraft model inheritance is always considered in conjunction with the configuration class and the maintenance operator. However, if cabin mapping are available only for the aircraft model and configuration class combination, the system copies the same to the aircraft.

The system displays the following fields in the “Record Statistics” group box:

Created by	The name of the user who created the aircraft information.
Created Date	The date on which the aircraft was created.
Last Modified by	The name of the user who last modified the aircraft information.
Last Modified Date	The date on which the aircraft information was last modified.

Enter the following field:

Comments

Any additional comments or remarks pertaining to the modification of the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 255).

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Aircraft Maintenance History” link at the bottom of the page to record the details of the last major maintenance activity that was carried out on the aircraft.
If the aircraft was already in use by another airline operator, select the “Edit Aircraft Ownership History” link at the bottom of the page, to record the details of the previous owners of the aircraft.
Select the “Edit Technical & Attribute Parameters” link at the bottom of the page to add technical and attribute parameters to the aircraft.
Select the “Edit Consumption & Range Parameters” link at the bottom of the page to add consumption and range parameters to the aircraft.
Select the “Edit Notes” link at the bottom of the page to modify the notes entered for the aircraft.
Select the “Edit Reference Details” link at the bottom of the page to edit the reference information entered for the aircraft.
Select the “Build Aircraft Configuration” link at the bottom of the page to update the aircraft configuration.

Refer to the "Configuration" online help for more details.

Select the “View Status & Condition History for Aircraft” link at the bottom of the page to view the status and condition history of the aircraft.
Select the “Update Aircraft Configuration” link at the bottom of the page to initialize and update the configuration details for the aircraft.

Refer to the “Component Replacement” online help for more details.

Select the “View Aircraft Maintenance Log” link at the bottom of the page to view the aircraft maintenance log details.
Select the “Maintain Asset Identifier for Aircraft” link at the bottom of the page, to associate asset number and asset tag for the aircraft.

Refer to the “Maintain Asset Tracker” online help for more details.

Select the “Edit Aircraft mod # Status” link at the bottom of the page, to modify the details pertaining to the aircraft mod number.

Editing aircraft record – An overview

The following can be modified:

The details that uniquely identify the aircraft, such as its manufacturer serial number, tail number, tab number, status and the model to which the aircraft belongs
The configuration details, which denote the structure of the aircraft.
The aircraft ownership details such as the registration certificate number, date on which the certificate was issued, the regulatory authority which has issued the certificate, the type of ownership which indicates whether the aircraft is owned or has been taken on lease and the type of the lease
The operational details of the aircraft, such as the maintenance base, the planner, the date on which the aircraft was inducted into the system and the date on which it was put to operation
The daily usage details of the aircraft, which is identified by the lead parameter and the average daily utilization of the lead parameter
The commercial details of the aircraft such as its acquisition value, book value, purchase order number and the date
Any other user-defined details that are relevant for carrying out maintenance activities on the aircraft.

The system updates the modified details of the aircraft, stores the name of the user who modified the details and sets the last modified date to the current server date.

Note: You cannot modify the details of the aircraft record that is created through the “Change Aircraft Reg #” page.

Prerequisites

Create Aircraft Model.
Create Regulatory Authority Codes.
Create Configuration Class.
Create Quick Codes.

What you can do in this page

Specify aircraft ownership details

Specify lease type

Specify the maintenance base for an aircraft

Specify multiple condition for an aircraft

Specify the type of the aircraft

Specify the usage type of the aircraft

Specify aircraft ownership details

You can specify the ownership details of the aircraft, which could be “Owned”, “Leased” or “Leased Out”.

Set the “Aircraft Ownership” drop-down list box to “Owned” to specify that the aircraft is owned.
Set the “Aircraft Ownership” drop-down list box to “Leased” to specify that the aircraft is taken on lease.
Set the “Aircraft Ownership” drop-down list box to “Leased Out” to specify that the aircraft is leased out to a third party.

Specify lease type

You can specify the type of lease for the “Leased” or “Leased Out” aircraft. There are two types of lease, namely, wet lease and dry lease. “Wet lease” indicates that the airline operator taking the aircraft on lease should carry out the maintenance activities on the aircraft. ”Dry lease” indicates that the owner of the aircraft should carry out the maintenance activities on the aircraft.

Set the “Lease Type” to “Wet” to indicate that the lessee should maintain the aircraft.
Set the “Lease Type” to “Dry” to indicate that the lessor should maintain the aircraft.

Specify the maintenance base for an aircraft

The maintenance base is the default location or organizational unit where the aircraft can be serviced.

Specify the organizational unit, in which the maintenance activities are carried out in the “Default Maint Base” field of the “Operational Details” group box.

Specify multiple condition for an aircraft

You can specify the condition of the aircraft. This facilitates the tracking of the present condition of a given aircraft.

Set the “Aircraft Condition” field to “Operational” to indicates that the aircraft is in working condition.
Set the “Aircraft Condition” field to “Under Maintenance” to indicates that the aircraft is under maintenance
Set the “Aircraft Condition” field to “Phased Out” to indicate the aircraft cannot be used for operation.

Specify the type of the aircraft

You can specify the aircraft type which could be “Wide-Body”, “Narrow Body” etc., The aircraft type are defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity. The system lists all the quick codes defined for the aircraft type in the “Aircraft Type” drop-down list box.

Set the “Aircraft Type” drop-down list to appropriate option to specify the type of the aircraft.

Specify the usage type of the aircraft

You can specify the usage type which could be “Passenger”, “Cargo”, “Combi” etc., The usage type are defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity. And the system lists all the quick codes defined for the usage type in the “Usage Type” drop-down list box.