Approving deferment request in visit package

You can approve the deferment request details in this page. Tell me more

Select the “Approve Deferrals” link in the “Select Request For Deferrals” page.

The “Approve Deferrals” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date 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 format from the “Enterprise Modeling” business component by default.

The system displays the following in the “Work Scope Details” multiline:

Deferment Request #	The deferment request selected in the previous page.
Aircraft Reg #	The registration number of the aircraft.
Visit Package #	The number that identifies the visit package.
Revision #	The revision number of the visit package.
Work Center #	The work center in which the deferment request was raised.
Job Type	The job type of the work unit, which could be “Aircraft”, “On-Wing” or “Component Removal”.
Requestor Name	The name of the employee who created the deferment request.
Part #	The part number of the component on which the maintenance activity is planned to be performed.
Serial #	The serial number of the component on which the maintenance activity is planned to be performed.
Component #	The component on which the work unit is planned to be performed.

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

Customer #	The number identifying the customer, who owns the aircraft.
Customer Name	The name of the customer owning the aircraft.
Customer Order #	The number identifying the order placed by the customer.
Aircraft Release Date	The date on which the aircraft will be released to the customer, after executing the visit package.

Note: The “Customer #” and “Customer Name” fields are applicable only when the aircraft is not self-owned and the customer details are recorded in the system.

The system displays the following in the “Deferment Request Details” multiline:

Line #	The unique number generated by the system, to identify the row in the multiline.
Work Order #	The work order for which the deferment request is generated.
Work Unit #	The work unit for which deferment request is generated.
Work Unit Type	The type of the work unit as “Task”, “Procedure” or “Work Package”.
Maintenance Type	The type of the maintenance work, such as overhaul, repair and inspection, to be performed on an aircraft.
Limit Type	The type of deferment of the work unit, which could be “Time Based”, “Usage Based” or “Time & Usage Based”.
Reason Category	The quick code that defines the reason category for deferment.
Requestor Comments	Any additional remarks by the requestor for deferring the work unit.

Enter the following:

Action	Use the drop-down list box to select the action taken on the deferment request. The system provides the options “Defer” and “Reject”. The system displays “Defer” by default.
Approval #	The number that identifies the approver of the deferment request Alphanumeric, 18).
Approval Date	The date on which the deferment request was approved (Date Format).
Approver Comments	Any additional remarks by the approver pertaining to the action taken on the deferment request (Alphanumeric, 255).

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to select the work unit to modify the deferment details.
Click the “Process Deferrals” pushbutton to either defer or reject the deferment request, based on the option selected in the “Action” field.

The system performs the following:

Changes the status of the deferment request as “Processed” and the transient status of the work unit to “Deferred”. The job status of the work unit is changed to “Cancelled” in the reference document and to “Pending” in the source document. If all the work units in the visit package or work order is deferred, then the status of the work order or visit package is changed to “Cancelled”. The system ensures that no material request exists for the work units selected for deferment approval.
If the work unit that is deferred has the source as maintenance program and if it is a constituent work unit or a parent work unit in the maintenance program, the system updates the transient status of the parent work unit as well as the constituent work unit as “Deferred” and its job status as “Cancelled”. If the parent work unit is a work package and if only that work package is referred in the visit package, then the job status of the visit package is set to “Canceled”. The execution status of the work unit is set as “Deferred”.
On approval of the deferment request, the system moves the pending work units to the pending tray for processing, even if the source of the work units is “Maintenance Event” or “As Required”.
Updates the removal status of the work unit as “Deferred” in the component maintenance program.
Updates the usage based parameter values existing (if any) for the aircraft/component work units, to the “Allocate Work Units” and “Perform Opportunity Maintenance” activities of the “Central Planning” business component.
For the aircraft/component work units, the system updates the following in the corresponding aircraft maintenance program which is in “Fresh” or “Active” status, or in the component maintenance program which is in “Fresh” or “Authorized” status:

Next schedule date – if the limit type is “Time Based”.
Next schedule value – if the limit type is “Usage Based”.
Next schedule date and next schedule value – if the limit type is “Time & Usage Based”.

For the aircraft/component work units, based on their limit type, the system updates the triggering parameter and "Deferred Till Date" in the corresponding central planning/component maintenance planning pending tray.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Deferral Limits” link at the bottom of the page to modify the deferral limit details for the work unit.

What you can do in this page

Processing a deferment request of a work unit

Modify deferral limits before approval

Processing a deferment request of a work unit

You can either reject or defer the deferment request, which is in the “Confirmed” status.

Set the “Action” field in the “Work Scope Details” group box to “Defer”, if you wish to defer the work unit.
Set the “Action” field in the “Work Scope Details” group box to “Reject”, if you wish to reject the deferment request for the work unit.
Click the “Process Deferrals” pushbutton to either defer or reject the deferment request, based on the option selected.

Note: On clicking the “Process Deferrals” pushbutton, the system assigns the status “Processed” to the selected deferment requests.

Modify deferral limits before approval

You can process a deferment request, which is in the “Confirmed” status. You can modify the deferral limits before approving the deferment request.

Select the work unit for which the deferral limits must be modified, in the “Deferment Request Details” multiline.
Select the “Edit Deferral Limits” link at the bottom of the page, to modify the details.

Approving deferment request in an unplanned visit package – An overview

You can approve the deferment request details in this page. You can enter the approval number and date for the deferment request. You can also select a work unit in this page and modify the deferral limit in the “Edit Deferment Request Details” page.