Technical Records Dashboard

Technical Records DashBoard - A summary of the activity

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This activity provides a snapshot of exceptions in technical records associated to the aircraft.

The “Technical Records Dashboard” page appears.

The exceptions and other details including aircraft information, parameter values, journey log for the previous 3 days, aircraft configuration status, open transactions are displayed in individual sections as enumerated below.

Aircraft Info

In this section, you can enter the aircraft registration number and view the exception details under different sections. You can review the records aircraft by aircraft.

Aircraft Reg #

The registration number of the aircraft for which you wish to view the exception-details.

The system retrieves and displays the aircraft information from the “Aircraft” business component, as follows:

Manufacturer Serial #

The MSN or the manufacturer’s serial number given to the aircraft by the manufacturer.

Variable Tab #

The tab number of the aircraft.

Nose #

The nose number of the aircraft is an aircraft identifier, which is primarily used by the marketing department of an airline.

Condition

The condition of the aircraft, which could be “Operational” or “Under Maintenance”.

Parameter Details

The system displays the ‘Consumption’, ‘Range’, ‘Technical’ and ‘Attribute’ parameters defined for the aircraft, in the “Parameter Details” multiline”:

Parameter

The parameter defined for the aircraft.

Value

The value of the parameter.

As of Date

The date on which the parameter present value was recorded.

Journey Log Details (Last 3 Days)

In this section, the system displays the 'Journey Logs' defined for the Aircraft for the last three days, including the current server date, in the multiline. The details are retrieved from the “Flight Log” business component:

Journey Log #

The unique code identifying the journey log.

Flight Code

The code identifying the flight for which the journey log was created.

Leg #

The number identifying the leg of the flight.

Departure Date / Time

The date and time at which the leg of the journey starts.

Arrival date / Time

The date and time at which the leg of the journey ends.

Flight Status

The Flight Status of the aircraft could be any one of the following options:

  • “On Schedule” – Indicates that the arrival or departure of the flight is as per the schedule.

  • “Delayed” – Indicates that there is a delay in arrival and/ or departure of the flight.

  •  “Cancelled” – Indicates that the flight is cancelled.

  • “Diverted” – Indicates that the flight is diverted through a different route.

  • “Air Turned Back” – Indicates that the flight returns to the starting station after take-off.

  • “Ground Turned Back” – Indicates that the flight returns to the starting station without take-off.

  • “Substituted” – Indicates that the flight is substituted with another flight due to interruption.

Aircraft Config Status & Listing of all Force Part Changes

The system displays the aircraft configuration details and the ‘Force Part Change’ details in this section. The following fields are displayed above the multiline:

Error Positions

Indicates the number of positions on which the ‘Force Part Change’ is open.

Unknown Positions

Indicates the number of positions on which attached serial number is not known or not initialized.

New Positions

Indicates the new positions added / Config. Class change

Empty Positions

Indicates the number of positions on which component is not attached.

SOS suspect

The count of Component Replacements which are carried out as “Suspected Failure” and not yet resolved.

Assly Status

Indicates whether components are associated to all the active position codes in the aircraft configuration. The system displays the following options:

  • "Complete" - Indicates that all the active position codes with “Component Mandatory” set as “Yes”, have components attached to them.

  • "Dormant" - Indicates that only some active position codes with "Component Mandatory" set as "Yes", have component attached to them.

  • “Error” - Indicates that the component attached to any one of the active position codes across all levels in the configuration, is not the intended component.

The system retrieves and displays the ‘Force Part Changes’ carried out on the aircraft from the “Component Replacement” business component, in the multiline:

CR #

The unique code identifying the error component replacement transaction.

A symbol is displayed in ‘Red’ color before the “CR #” column, indicating that the CR is an error CR.

Off Part #

The code identifying the part which is removed.

Off Serial #

The serial number of the part which is removed.

On Part #

The code identifying the part which is attached.

On Serial #

The serial number of the part which is attached.

Reason for Removal

The reason for removing the part from the position code.

Station at

The station at which component replacement is carried out.

Replaced by

The name of the user who performed the component replacement transaction.

Replacement Date & Time

The date and time at which the component replacement is carried out.

Removal Type

The type of component removal transaction, which could be one of the following:

  • Scheduled - Indicates that the component is removed to carry out preventive maintenance operations such as lubrication, or the component removal is a scheduled removal. The schedules can be based on intervals, consumptions or predictive triggers.

  • Unscheduled - Indicates that the component is removed to carry out maintenance activity based on the outcome of equipment parameter inspections or on the breakdown of the equipment.

  • Others - Cases of robbery can be categorized as “Others”.

Exec. Doc #

The aircraft maintenance execution reference number in which the error CR transaction is carried out.

Position Code

The position code or the physical location where the component to be removed is fitted.

Error Message

The error message associated with the corresponding error ‘Component Replacement’ transaction.

Open Transaction Details

The system displays the open transactions as parent nodes and the exceptions under each transaction in different nodes as shown below:

Transactions

Exceptions

A/C Maint Exec Ref

  • ‘Logcard disc. closed but package not closed’ - This exception indicates that the discrepancies are closed, but the associated package is not closed. When you click on this exception, “Manage Work Assignments & Reporting” page is launched.

  • ‘Logcards completed but not in closed status’ - Indicates that the packages of type ‘Log cards’ are completed but not closed. On clicking, “Manage Work Assignments & Reporting” page is launched.

  • ‘Deferrals closed but awaiting review’ - Indicates that the discrepancies deferred with specified Deferral Type require additional approval, but not yet approved. On clicking, “Review Discrepancy Records” page is launched.

  • ‘Heavy in completed status but not closed’ - Indicates that the packages of type ‘Heavy’ are completed but not closed. On clicking, “Manage Work Assignments & Reporting” page is launched.

  • ‘Line Checks in completed status but not closed - Indicates that the packages of type ‘Line Checks’ are completed but not closed. On clicking, “Manage Work Assignments & Reporting” page is launched.

  • ‘RON in completed status but not closed’ - Indicates that the packages of type ‘RON’ are completed but not closed. On clicking, “Manage Work Assignments & Reporting” page is launched.

Component Replacements

  • ‘In Fresh Status’ - Indicates that the CR is in “Fresh” status. On clicking, “Select Component Replacement #” page of the 'Edit Component Replacement” activity is launched.

  • ‘Force Part Change’ - Indicates that the CRs are carried out with “Request Mode” as “Force part Change”. On clicking, “Select Component Replacement #” page of the 'Edit Component Replacement” activity is launched.

  • ‘CRs flagged as Suspect failure but not yet resolved’ - Indicates that the “SOS Disposition” for the CRs are set as “Suspect failure”, but not yet resolved. On clicking, “Select Component Replacement #” page of the 'Edit Component Replacement” activity is launched.

Engineering Document

  • ‘MCRs not yet processed’ - Indicates that the MCRs are not processed. On clicking, ’Select Change Request’ page of the ‘Process Change Request’ activity is launched.

  • ‘MCR processing initiated but not confirmed’ - Indicates that the processing of MCR is initiated, but not confirmed. On clicking, ’Select Change Request’ page of the ‘Process Change Request’ activity is launched.

  • ‘Eng. Docs pending release’ - Indicates that the engineering documents are pending for release. On clicking, “Release Engineering Document” page of the ‘Release Engineering Document’ activity is launched.

Journey Logs

  • ‘Created not approved’ - Indicates that the journey logs are created and not approved. On clicking, “Approve Journey Log” page is launched.

  • ‘Amended not approved’ - Indicates that the journey logs are amended, but not approved. On clicking, “Approve Journey Log” page is launched.

Maintenance Programs

  •  ‘Count of programs in Fresh/ Returned Status’.

Records Follow-up

  • ‘Count of tasks for which follow-up action is not yet closed’ - On clicking, “Process Task Compliance Follow-up Requirements” page is launched.

Short-Term Escalation

  • Count of Tasks on escalation.

The system also displays the following columns:

Configuration Details

In section, the system retrieves and displays the configuration of the aircraft from the “View Aircraft Configuration” activity of the “Configuration” business component, in the multiline:

Component #

The code identifying the component.

Part #

The part number that can be fitted in the position code.

Serial #

The serial number of the part.

Attachment Status

Indicates the attachment status of the position code. The system displays one of the following:

  • “Attached” – Indicates that a component is attached to the position code.

  •  “Removed” – Indicates that no component is attached to the position code.

  • “Unknown” – Indicates that the serial number of the component attached to the position code is unknown.

  • “New” – Indicates that the position code is newly created.

  •  “Error” – Indicates that the component attached to the position code, is different from the actual intended component.

TSN / CSN

TSN (Time Since New) is the cumulative flying hours of the component since it is manufactured.

CSN (Cycles Since New) is the cumulative flying cycles of the component since it is manufactured.

Program Initialized?

Indicates the status of the Maintenance Program of the Component. The system displays one of the following:

  • Yes – Indicates that Maintenance Program is defined for the component and the scheduled date of the earliest task is later than or equal to the current server date.

  • Overdue - Indicates that Maintenance Program is defined for the component and the scheduled date of the earliest task is earlier than the current server date.

  • No – Indicates that Maintenance Program is not defined for the component.

Open WOs

Indicates whether the work order on the component is in “In-Progress”. The system displays “Yes” or “No”.

Position Code

The position code associated to the aircraft configuration.

Level Code

The level number of the part number and the position code in the aircraft configuration hierarchy.

Note: A symbol is displayed in 'Red' color, indicating that the 'Attachment Status' is “Error”, before the “Component” column. Else the symbol is displayed in 'Green' color.

Routine Tasks

The system displays the list of packages, compliance details and component details on which the package is performed in this section.

Item

The system displays the following headers:

  • Last Complied Package - Represents the package which has the latest compliance date.

  • Last Complied Major Package - Represents the package of type 'Major' with latest compliance date.

  • Last Engine Drop -Off - Represents the package containing the 'Engine' Component Removal Task with the recent last performed date.

  • Last APU Drop -Off - Represents the package containing the 'APU' Component Removal Task with the recent last performed date.

  • Last Ldg. Gr Drop -Off  - Represents the package containing the 'Landing Gear' Component Removal Task with the recent last performed date.

  • Last Eng. Doc Performed - Represents the package of type 'Eng. Doc' with latest compliance date.

On clicking the above items, “Initialize Maint. Prog. & Update Compliance” page is launched.

Exec. Ref. #

The package # associated to the package specified in “item” column, is displayed here.

Compliance Value

The FH and FC value at which the package is complied.

Compliance Date

The compliance date of the package.

Part #

The part number of the component on which the package is performed.

Serial #

The serial number of the component on which the package is performed.

Discrepancy Details

The system displays the discrepancy details in the multiline:

Deferral Type

The deferral type for the discrepancy, which could be “CDL”, “MEL” or “Others”.

Def. Count

The number of discrepancies deferred under the corresponding deferral type for the Aircraft.

A symbol is displayed in ‘Green’ color if the count is less than or equal to 5, or in ‘Red’ color if the count is greater than 5

Discrepancy #

The code identifying the discrepancy.

Disc. Description

The description of the discrepancy.

Def. by Days/FH/FC

The deferral value of the discrepancy in terms of days / flight hours / flight cycles.

Rem. Days/FH/FC

The remaining number of days / flying hours / flying cycles, before the scheduled maintenance activity is due on the discrepancy.

Tasks with Exception

The system displays a list of tasks with exceptions in this section. Under the parent node “Exception”, following tasks, are displayed as child nodes:

  1. Tasks with no Next Due - The system displays the lists of tasks available in the Maintenance Program of the Aircraft, with no ‘Next Schedule Date’ and ‘Next Schedule Value’.

Note: The tasks with 'Schedule Type' as 'One-Time' and having either 'Last Performed Date' or 'Last Performed Value', are not listed here.

  1. Related Tasks with no Initiate Schedules - On clicking this node, the system displays the list of tasks available in the Maintenance Program of the Aircraft, with 'Initiate/ Reset by' as “Rel. Task Compliance” which either does not have ‘Initiate Schedule’ relationship with any other task (parent task), or its parent task is not available in the same Maintenance Program.

  2. Block Task with no Base Task association - The list of tasks of 'Prog. Item Type' as "'Block", available in the Maintenance Program of the Aircraft, and which does not have any Base task associated to it, are displayed in this node.  

  3. Base Tasks not associated to Block Tasks - The system displays the list of tasks available in the Maintenance Program of the Aircraft, with 'Prog. Item Type' as "Base", but not associated with any ‘Block’ task.

Engineering Document Status

The system retrieves and displays all the Engineering Documents released for the Aircraft and which are not yet complied on the Aircraft, from the “Engineering Document” business component.

MCR #

The code identifying the maintenance change request for which the engineering document is created.

Source Doc. Type

The type of the source document.

Eng. Doc #

The code identifying the engineering document.

Revision #

The revision of the engineering document.

Eng Doc Type

The type of the engineering document.

Due At

The date of the earliest scheduled task as specified in the Engineering Document.

To proceed carry out the following:

Refer to the “Aircraft” Online Help for more details.

Refer to the “Aircraft” Online Help for more details.