Managing aircraft weight and balance

Select the “Manage Aircraft and Balance” link under the “Aircraft” business component.

The “Manage Aircraft and Balance” page appears.

Select the following.

Aircraft Reg #

Use the drop-down list box to select the aircraft for which you want to create/manage/view weight and balance or generate reports.

Help facility available.

Select the “View A/C Latest W&B” radio button and then click the “Go” pushbutton. Go to “Viewing latest Aircraft W&B record details” for more information.
Select the “Perform A/C Reweighing” radio button and then click the “GO” pushbutton. Go to “Performing aircraft reweighing” for more information.
Select the “Print W&B Report” and then click the “GO” pushbutton. Go to “Generating W&B report for aircraft” for more information.
Specify the following details in the “Sign Off Details” group box.

Employee #	The ID and name of the employee who signed off the Aircraft W&B record/report.
Licence #	The licence # of the employee who signed off the Aircraft W&B record/report.

The “Sign Off Details” group box displays the following:

Sign Off Date & Time

The date and time of sign off of the Aircraft W&B report by the employee.

Specify the following in the “Sign Off Details” group box.

Sign Off Comments

Additional details/remarks on the Aircraft W&B record/report.

The “Sign Off Details” group box displays the following.

Certification Statement

The statement recorded in the Aircraft W&B record/report by the employee.

You can view the following details under Record Statistics:

Created By	The login user who created the Aircraft W&B record.
Created Date & Time	The date & time of creation of the Aircraft W&B record.
Last Modified By	The login user who most recently changed the Aircraft W&B record.
Last Modified Date & Time	The date & time of modification of the Aircraft W&B record.
Confirmed By	The login user who confirmed the Aircraft W&B record.
Confirmed Date & Time	The date & time of confirmation of the Aircraft W&B record.
Closed By	The login user who closed the Aircraft W&B record.
Closed Date & Time	The date & time of closure of the Aircraft W&B record.

Viewing latest Aircraft W&B record details

Aircraft Details card

Under the “Aircraft Details” section, you can find the following information on the selected aircraft:

4 Aircarft Reg #

4 Aircraft Model #

4 Mfr. Serial #

4 Configuration Status

4 Configuration Class

Document Details card

Under the Document Details section, you can see the following details of the selected Weighing Record#:

4 Aircraft W & B Record #

4 Exe. Doc. #

4 Created Date & Time

4 Task # | Task Sequence #

4 Record Status

Final Details card

On the right of the page, you can view the weight information of the aircraft including:

4 Empty Weight

4 Empty Weight C.G

4 Moment

4 Forward Limit

4 Useful Load

4 Landing Weight

4 Gross Weight

4 Aft Limit

To Proceed further

Select the “Reference Details” tab.
Select the “Manage Weighing Conditions” tab.
Select the “Component Weighing Details” tab.
Select the “Aircraft Weighing Details” tab.
Select the “C.G. Details” tab.
Select the “Component Replacements” tab.

Performing aircraft reweighing

Select the W&B record for the aircraft.

Weighing Record #

Use the drop-down list box to select the Aircraft W&B record that you want to work with.

However, the latest W& B record in the Fresh/Confirmed/Closed status for the aircraft will be defaulted in the field. The search will also be enabled and details of the record will be retrieved in the page on launch of the page.

Select the “Get” pushbutton to retrieve details of the selected aircraft W&B record.

You can view the Aircraft Details, Document Details and Final Details cards as illustrated in the “Viewing latest Aircraft W&B record details for the aircraft” topic.

To create new W&B record for the aircraft, click the button at the right hand top of the screen.

The “Reference Details” group box displays the following:

Datum Point

An imaginary vertical plane from which horizontal distances are measured for aircraft weight and balance purposes. The datum point is recorded for the aircraft in the “Build Aircraft Configuration” screen.

4 Enter the following details:

Max. Gross Wt.	The maximum aircraft gross weight due to design or operational limitations at which the aircraft is permitted to land in UOM.
Weighing Configuration	The aircraft configuration based on which the aircraft weighing is carried out in kilograms. Mandatory.
Landing Wt.	The gross weight of the aircraft at which the aircraft lands in UOM.

4 In the adjacent multiline, enter the following:

Weighing Points

The locations on the aircraft that the manufacturer designates for the placement of scales when weighing aircraft.

Levelling Means

The way in which aircraft can be checked on the ground for level flight as specified by the aircraft manufacture.

For example, the aircraft may be leveled by means of leveling lugs, spirit or bubble levels, or a plumb bob.

Click the “Create New” pushbutton to save weight details to a new record.

Note: The “Create New” pushbutton will be available only if you haves selected the “Perform A/C Reweighing” radio button.

4 The following tabs will be displayed on creation of new W&B record.

o Weighing Conditions

o Component Weighing Details

o Aircraft Weighing Details

o C.G. Details

4 New W&B record for the aircraft is created in the ‘Draft’ status.

4 The Create New and Reweight buttons are no longer availabale. Instead, Confirm and Cancel pushbuttons appear.

Click the “Reweigh” pushbutton to save input details to the existing weighing record.

Note: 1) The W&B record you want to reweight must be in the Confirmed or Closed status. 2) The configuration status of the aircraft must be ‘Active’.

Click the “W&B Report” link to generate the Weight and Balance Report for the aircraft.

Process Parameter dependency: If the process parameter "Print Weight and Balance Record details along with Weight and Balance Report?" under the entity type Weight and balance and the entity Aircraft W & B is set as ‘1’ for Yes, the system generates the Weight and Balance Record sheets along with the Report sheets. Conversely, if the process parameter is set as ‘0’ for No, the system prints the Weight and Balance Report sheets only.

Click the “Equipment List” link to generate the Equipment List Report for the aircraft.

Generating W&B report for aircraft

Source Doc. #

Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the source document. The drop-down list box displays the following:

§ Direct

§ Exec. Doc. #

§ CR #

Enter the execution document # or component replacement # in the adjacent input box. However, if you have selected Direct as the source document type, source document # is not relevant.

Click the “Get” pushbutton to retrieve details of the selected record in the page.

You can view the Aircraft Details, Document Details and Final Details cards as illustrated in the “Viewing latest Aircraft W&B record details for the aircraft” topic.

Under the “Weight and Balance Details” section, you can do the following:

Select the “Reference Details” tab.
Select the “Manage Weighing Conditions” tab.
Select the “Component Weighing Details” tab.
Select the “Aircraft Weighing Details” tab.
Select the “C.G. Details” tab.
Select the “Component Replacements” tab.

To proceed further

Select the “Include No Weight Parts” check box to include parts with Zero weight in the reports.
Select the “Include Previous CR Details” check box to include previous component replacement details in the reports.
Select the “W&B Report” link to generate the W&B report for the chosen aircraft.
Select the “Equipment List” link to generate the Equipment List report for the chosen aircraft.