Issuing certificate of maintenance for visit package

This page, you can create, authorize or cancel a Certificate of Maintenance. Tell me more.

Select the “Issue CoM” link under the “Select Aircraft” page.

The “Issue Certificate of Maintenance” page appears.

Note: This page cannot be invoked, if any pending work unit with the next schedule date later than the current server date, exists for the component that is attached to the aircraft selected in the previous page.

The system displays the following field:

Date & Time Format

The format in which the date and time fields are displayed. 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 in the “CoM Details” group box on clicking the “Create CoM” pushbutton:

COM #

The number that identifies the certificate of maintenance. This number is generated based on the “Numbering Type” selected.

Enter the following field:

Numbering Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the numbering type in which the certificate of maintenance number has to be generated. Mandatory. The system lists the values defined in the “Create Numbering Class“ activity of the “Document Numbering Class” business component for the “Certificate of Maintenance” transaction.

The system displays the following field:

CoM Status

The status of the certificate of maintenance.

Enter the following field:

CoM Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the certificate of maintenance. Mandatory. The system lists the following options:

Regular – Select this option, if the CoM is to be issued for the aircraft after completion of all maintenance activities and the flight is fit for normal operations.
Test Flight – Select this option, if the CoM is to be issued for the aircraft after partial completion of maintenance activities and the flight is fit for test flight.

By default, the system displays “Regular”.

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

Visit Package #	The visit package for which the CoM is issued.
Project Code	The project code assigned to the visit package.
Title	The description of the visit package. Zoom facility available.
Visit Category	The category to which the visit package belongs.
Work Center #	The work center where the visit package has to be performed.
CoM Required	Indicates whether CoM has to be issued after the maintenance activity is performed. The system displays either “Yes” or “No” based on the value selected while creating the visit package.
User Status	The user-defined status assigned to the visit package.

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

Aircraft Reg #	The aircraft registration number for which the visit package is applicable.
Aircraft Model	The aircraft model to which the aircraft belongs.
Configuration Class	The configuration class number associated to the aircraft model number.

Note: The system does not permit overdue work units or work units with source as “Deferred” for the (i) Aircraft Registration Number in the interacting “Central Planning” business component and the (ii) Component with the sub-component associated to the aircraft in the interacting “Component Maintenance Planning” business component.

The system considers work units as overdue, if the schedule date of the work unit is earlier than the certificate of maintenance issue date.

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 must be released to the customer.
Aircraft Grounding Date	The date on which the aircraft was grounded for maintenance.

Note: The customer details are not displayed for self-owned aircraft.

The system displays the following fields in the “Last Issued CoM Details” group box:

CoM #	The CoM number, if issued during previous visit for the selected aircraft.
Issue Date	The date on which the CoM was last issued for the selected aircraft.
Visit Package #	The number that identifies the visit package on which the last CoM was issued for the aircraft.
Project Code	The project code associated to the visit package.
Issued By	The code of the employee who is the key person for the last issued the CoM.
License #	The license number of the person who last issued the CoM.

Enter the following in the “Certificate Details” group box:

Certificate Ref #	The certificate reference document number. (Alphanumeric, 40)
Certificate Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the certificate of maintenance issued. The system lists all the active certificate types defined for the part in the “Create Certificate Type” activity of the “Logistics Common Master” business component. By default, the system displays the primary part certification type identified for the specified customer order, if the visit package has a reference to the customer order and the current business component interacts with the “Customer Order” business component. Else the system displays blank by default.
Certificate Under	Use the drop-down list box to specify the regulatory authority under which the certificate is issued. The system lists all the active regulatory authority codes defined in the “Common Master” business component. By default, the system displays the primary certifying agency identified for the specified customer order, if the visit package has a reference to the customer order and the current business component interacts with the “Customer Order” business component. Otherwise the system displays blank by default.
Certifying Remarks	Any remarks pertaining to the issue of certificate of maintenance. (Alphanumeric, 255) Zoom facility available.

Enter the following in the “Inspector Details” multiline:

Skill Code

The skill code associated to the employee who signed the task or subtask that is performed as part of the visit package. Mandatory. The skill code must have already defined in the “Create Employee Record” activity of the “Employee Information” business component and must be in “Active” status.

Help facility available.

Employee #

The code identifying the employee who signed the task or subtask that is performed as part of the visit package. Mandatory. The employee code should have already defined in the “Create Employee Record” activity of the “Employee Information” business component and must be in “Active” status.

Help facility available.

Note: The combination of skill code and employee code should not be repeated in the multiline.

Note: Skill Code and employee code that have already been mapped to the CoM cannot be modified.

The system displays the following:

Employee Name

The name of the employee.

Enter the following:

License #	The license number of the employee. (Alphanumeric, 15).
Remarks	Any additional remarks pertaining to the employee who signed off the task or subtask (Alphanumeric, 255).

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

Employee #	The employee issuing, authorizing or canceling the CoM for the selected visit package. The system displays the employee code of the login user.
Name	The name of the employee. Zoom facility available.
Primary Skill #	The number identifying the primary skill of the employee.
License #	The license number of the employee specified in the “Employee #” field.

Enter the following:

Remarks

Any additional remarks pertaining to the issue of CoM (Alphanumeric 255).

Zoom facility available.

Date & Time

The date on which the CoM is issued, modified, authorized or canceled (Date Time). Mandatory.

Enter the following in the “Document Attachment Details” group box:

File Name

The name of the file, which contains the details of the CoM.

Help facility available.

Zoom facility available.

Select the “View File” link provided alongside, to view the file containing the CoM details.
Enter the following in the “Comments” group-box:

Comments

Any other comments pertaining to the Certification of Maintenance. (Alphanumeric, 255).

Zoom facility available.

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

Created By	The name of the user who created the CoM.
Created Date	The date on which the CoM is created.
Confirmed By	The name of the user who issued the CoM.
Confirmed Date	The date on which the CoM is issued.

To create the certificate of maintenance

Click the “Create/Edit CoM” pushbutton to create the CoM.

Note: The system displays an error message, if any other concurrent user attempts to simultaneously modify the details in this page.

The system ensures the following:

All the work orders associated with the visit package specified in the “Visit Package #” field of the “Visit Package Details” group box, must be in ”Closed” status.
For the aircraft, if the engagement mode is set to “Full Maintenance” and the replacement type is set to “Remove Only”, then all the component removal transactions must be in “Confirmed Removal” status.
For the aircraft, if the engagement mode is set to “Full Maintenance” and the replacement type is set to “Restoration”, “Replacement” or “Attach Only”, then all the component removal transactions must be in “Confirmed Replacement” status.
If the CoM type is selected as “Test Flight”, then all the tasks with execution phase as “Regular'' or “Preparatory” must be signed-off and the job status must be “Completed”.
If the CoM type is selected as “Regular”, then all the tasks with execution phase as “Regular'', “Post Flight” or “Preparatory” must be signed-off and the job status must be “Completed”.

Issuing CoM using Electronic Signature

On clicking the “Create/Edit CoM” pushbutton, the “User Authentication Web Dialog” screen appears.

Insert the smart card into the smart card reader and enter your Personal Identification Number in the “User PIN” field.

Follow the instructions listed under the topic “Signing-off using Electronic Signature” on creating the CoM

The system performs the following:

Updates the details with the current server date as the “Created Date” and the CoM status as “Fresh”.
The system retrieves the license number associated to the login employee, from the “Employee Information” business component. If multiple licenses exist for the same employee, the system retrieves any one of the license numbers.

To confirm the certificate of maintenance

Click the “Confirm CoM” pushbutton to confirm the CoM.

The system ensures the following on clicking the “Confirm CoM” pushbutton:

The login ID of the employee, who confirms the CoM, is different from the login ID of the employee who created the CoM.
Components are attached to all the mandatory position codes identified for the aircraft, if the “Attachment Status” of the position code is other than “New”, “Unknown” or “Error” in the “Build Aircraft Configuration” activity of the “Configuration” business component.
If the CoM type is selected as “Test Flight”, then all the tasks with execution phase as “Regular'' or “Preparatory” must be signed-off and the job status must be “Completed”.
If the CoM type is selected as “Regular”, then all the tasks with execution phase as “Regular'', “Post Flight” or “Preparatory” must be signed-off and the job status must be “Completed”.

On clicking the “Confirm CoM” pushbutton, the “User Authentication Web Dialog” screen appears.

Insert the smart card into the smart card reader and enter your Personal Identification Number in the “User PIN” field.

Follow the instructions listed under the topic “Signing-off using Electronic Signature”.

On confirming the CoM, the system performs the following:

Updates the details with the current server date as the “Confirmed Date” and the CoM status as “Confirmed”.
If the "CoM Required" field is set as "Yes" for the visit package, the system updates the condition of the aircraft associated to the visit package as "Operational" from "Under Maintenance", and sets the "AOG Status?" field to "No" in the "Aircraft" business component.

Note: The discrepancies associated to the visit package or reported as part of the visit, should have been processed before the CoM is released.

If the CoM Type is “Test Flight” and the “Reference Date for Compliance Updation” is set as “Test Flight“ or if CoM Type is “Regular” and the “Reference Date for Compliance Updation” is set as “Regular CoM Issue Date “, then the system updates the “Last Compliance Date” as the “Issue Date” of the earliest of all CoMs issued, and updates the same in the Compliance History.

To cancel the certificate of maintenance

Click the “Cancel CoM” pushbutton to cancel the CoM.

The system cancels the CoM for the selected visit package and sets the status of the CoM as ”Cancelled”.

To proceed carry out the following

Select the “Print CoM” link at the bottom of the page, to print the Certificate of Maintenance.

Issuing certificate of maintenance for visit package – An overview

In this page, you can create, authorize or cancel a Certificate of Maintenance. A Certificate of Maintenance is issued at the completion of each aircraft visit. The system automatically generates a CoM number, each time a CoM is issued after the aircraft visit.

For the visit package, the system lists all the employees who signed off those tasks or sub tasks, with status other than “Preclosed” or “Cancelled”. You can add more employees who signed off the task, in the multiline. Information regarding the key persons involved in the visit execution are recorded as part of the CoM. Resolution of all pending discrepancies and deficient item (component) list and compliance of all sign-off requirements are ensured prior to the issue of a CoM.

The system updates the CoM details with the name of the employee who created, authorized or modified the CoM, along with the date.

Prerequisite

“Create Numbering Class” activity of the “Document Numbering Type” business component. A numbering type must have been defined for the “Certificate of Maintenance” transaction.