Selecting a discrepancy to revise deferral limits

This page allows you to specify search criteria and retrieve discrepancies for revising deferral limits.

Select the “Revise Deferral Limits” link under the “Discrepancy Processing” business component.

The “Select Discrepancy” page appears.

To search for a maintenance report

Enter the following in the “Search Criteria” group box to search for a discrepancy for which you want to revise deferral limits. Data entry in the following fields is optional:

Search ID

Use the drop-down list box to select the search ID. The system retrieves the discrepancies based on the filter criteria specified for the search ID. Leave this field blank if you wish to enter the search criteria fields.

Select the “Edit” link alongside, to modify the search criteria for the selected search ID.

Note: You can also create a new search ID using the “Create Adv. Search ID” link available at the bottom of the page.

Discrepancy #	The number identifying the discrepancy reported for the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies reported for the aircraft entered here.
Discrepancy Description	The discrepancy description (Alphanumeric, 2000). You can enter the description in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all discrepancies with description similar to the content entered here.
Log Item #	The code identifying the log Item which contains the discrepancy details. (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the log items with number similar to the value entered here.
Aircraft Reg #	The registration number of the aircraft for which reported discrepancies must be deferred. (Alphanumeric, 30). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies reported for the aircraft with registration number similar to the value entered here.
Source Document Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the source document. The system lists the following options: Visit Package – Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in Visit Package document of the “Hangar Work Order” business component. Hangar Work Order - Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in Hangar Work Order. AME Ref. # - Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the AME Ref. document Journey Log - Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the Journey Log of the “Flight Log” business component. Component Work Order - Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the Component Work Order. Occurrence Report – Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the occurrence report. Repair Order – Select this option if you want to retrieve discrepancies reported in the repair order. Leave this field blank to retrieve all discrepancies, irrespective of the source document type.

Note: The source document types will be listed based on the Component Interaction Model. Contact your System Administrator for more details on business component interaction.

Source Document #

The number identifying the source document in which discrepancies have been reported (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies reported in the document specified here.

ATA #

The ATA chapter on which discrepancies have been reported (Alphanumeric, 16). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the discrepancies reported for the system whose ATA number chapter matches the value entered here.

Deferral Type/Item #

Use the drop-down list box to select the deferral type of the discrepancy. The drop-down list box displays MEL, CDL and all other deferral types defined in the “Maintain Document Classification and Attributes” activity of Common Masters Component.

Provide the deferral item # of the deferred discrepancy in the field alongside.

The system retrieves all discrepancies of the deferral type and/or deferral item # you specify.

Click the “Search” pushbutton to display the search results.

The system displays the following in the “Search Results” multiline:

Aircraft Reg #	The registration number of the aircraft against which discrepancies have been reported.
Discrepancy #	The number identifying the discrepancy.
Log Item #	The code identifying the log Item which contains the discrepancy details.
Discrepancy Description	The textual description of the discrepancy.
ATA #	The ATA chapter for which a discrepancy has been reported.
Processing Status	The processing status of the discrepancy, which can be “None” or “Under Analysis”.
Tracking Status	The tracking status of the discrepancy.
Fault #	The fault code defined in the “Fault Isolation Manual” business component that is applicable to the discrepancy being reported.
Cause #	The number identifying the cause code, which has been associated to the maintenance report.
Revision Count	The number of times the deferral limits have been revised for the discrepancy.
Source Document Type	The type of the source document in which the discrepancy was reported.
Source Document #	The number identifying the source document in which the discrepancy was reported.
Aircraft Model #	The model number of the aircraft for which discrepancies are being deferred.
File Name	The name of the file corresponding to the source document.
Maint. Report #	The number of the maintenance report raised for the aircraft.
Maint. Report Description	The textual description of the maintenance report.
Maint. Report Class	The class to which the maintenance report belongs.

Click the hyperlinked discrepancy in the multiline to revise the deferral limits.