Planning Aircraft Maintenance – A summary of the activity

This activity provides the aircraft planner a summary of all the work units that are due, for the aircraft. Forecasted work units from the maintenance program form the primary input for planning of aircraft maintenance. The due dates for the work units are calculated during forecast generation, based on the time limits provided in the maintenance program. Non-routine work units (MELs, deferred maintenance items, log book entries) are also displayed for planning, with visibility on their time limits.

You can plan the maintenance using either of the two methods given below:

• Using  the Gantt chart

• Using the “Work Unit Details” multiline

The planning is done by the aircraft planner by using Gantt charts

• The “Planning Summary Details Chart” provides consolidated information about multiple aircraft satisfying the search criteria. Grouping of aircrafts based on Sub Fleet, Aircraft Model, Planner Group, Aircraft Group, Field Base and Customer is also possible through the chart.

• The “Planning Details Chart” provides information about a specific aircraft selected from the “Planning Summary Details Chart”, and can be used for performing detailed planning actions.

Getting familiar with the pages inside

What you can do in this activity

Evaluating fleet of aircraft for maintenance

Scheduling maintenance activities for a particular aircraft

Evaluating fleet of aircraft for maintenance

You can retrieve aircraft for which maintenance activities are to be planned for a given date range. All the aircraft and pending work units, on aircraft satisfying the search criteria, are displayed in the “Planning Summary Details Chart”.

The work units scheduled start and end date can be modified by dragging over the bar. If the work unit is allocated to any execution document, then the work unit bar cannot be dragged in the Gantt Chart.

If there are any material / resource constraints for carrying out the task on the work unit, they are also displayed.

Scheduling maintenance activities for a particular aircraft

You can modify / view the maintenance activities scheduled for a particular aircraft. The flight schedules, journey logs and pending work units for the aircraft are displayed in the “Planning Details Chart”.

The user can take necessary action on the work unit (Assign, Un-assign, Create Visit Package, Create Technical Log, Create and Release Visit Package), and plan the maintenance activity accordingly.  

Prerequisites

• Definition of Aircraft in the system

• Definition of Maintenance Tasks, Standard Procedures, Aircraft Work Packages and Component Work Packages with Material and Resource Requirements

• Definition of Aircraft Maintenance Programs and Component Maintenance Programs

• Creation of Aircraft Forecast and Component Forecast

• Availability of Engineering Orders

• Availability of Discrepancies

• Availability of Execution Documents (Visit Packages and Technical Logs)