1. Where We Started
Discovery of Potential
What We Became
Catalyst of Change
iPad > Paperless > Digitization Program
Tablet
Computers
become
available
Initial iPad
potential Identified
and Team Lead
assigned
May 2011
iPad as
EFB
iPad
Implementation
Team Identified,
Initial Working
Groups and
Concepts Identified
June – Sept
2011
GE Corporate
Harmonizatio
n
Device
Distibution, App
Volume
Purchasing and
GoodReader/Dro
pbox Processes
EstablishedSept – Dec
2011
Personnel
Training
Initial SOP
Development
Group Training of
EFB use and digital
processes
completed
Jan 2012
Paperless
Operations
Identification of
inceased
possibilites results
in new programs
and increased
potential
Jan – Jun
2012
Digital
Operations
Review
Merging of
programs results in
identification of
many digital
inefficiencies
CAT
Digitization
Program
CAT Maintenance
web-app,
Restructuring of
FOS utilization,
Server
development and
restructuring
Jun - Oct
2012
Ongoing

2. 2 /
GE Title or job number /
3/8/2015
Flight Ops Digital Information
DMZ
AFMM
Dispatch ActionsITS Information in
Briefcase Module
and Documents
Module
*Blue Book
Information
Trip Itinerary
Catering
Information
Crew/Passenger
Transportation &
Lodging
Crew/Passenge
r
Manifest
Trip
Manifest Sheet
break down
• Receives Email with PDF
• Refreshes Trip info in AFMM
• Reviews Trip Details
• Submits Passenger and
Post Flight Information
Crewmember Actions
• Builds Trip
• Sends out Crew Schedule
• Monitors Trip Color/Symbol Changes
• Verifies Completed Leg or Trip
• Closes Trip
Dispatch Actions

3. Pilot Pre-Flight
Planning
Pax ID, Boarded
and Submitted to
FOS
A/C Departs
A/C Lands
Pilot Completes
Post Flight Log and
Submits Leg
Post Flight &
Discrepancy Tasks
Flight Times and
Landings Updated
in Maintenance
Program
A/C Return To
Service by
Foreman via call or
email to Dispatch
Applicable Pre
Flight checks
completed/signed
off by Tech
Normal Digital Information Flow
AFMM
GMA* / AFMM
GMA*
GMA*
GMA* Behind Firewall
FOS
Dispatch
builds, verifies
and closes trip
CAMP/Flt Docs
DMZ
VPN/BLUESSO
DMZ/VPN/BLUESSO
VPN/BLUESSO
AFMM - Ascend Flight Manager Mobile
GMA* - GE Maintenance Application
(Under Development)
DMZ - Secure Access to GE Internal Applications
via Open Internet (WiFi or Cellular Data)
Wireless Information Transfer
Crewmember receives
Email, refreshes
Schedule in AFMM/FOS
Mobile, reviews Trip
Details and loads trip.
AFMM

4. Pilot Pre-Flight
Planning
Pax ID, Boarded
and Submitted to
FOS
A/C Departs
A/C Lands
Pilot Completes
Post Flight Log,
Discrepancy Item
and Submits
Post Flight &
Discrepancy Tasks
Flight Times and
Landings Updated
in Maintenance
Program
A/C Return To
Service by
Foreman via call or
email to Dispatch
Applicable Pre
Flight checks
completed/signed
off by Tech
Flight Discrepancy Digital Information Flow
AFMM
GMA* / AFMM
GMA*
GMA*
GMA* Behind Firewall
FOS
Dispatch
builds, verifies
and closes trip
CAMP/Flt Docs
DMZ
VPN/BLUESSO
DMZ/VPN/BLUESSO
VPN/BLUESSO
AFMM - Ascend Flight Manager Mobile
GMA* - GE Maintenance Application
(Under Development)
DMZ - Secure Access to GE Internal Applications
via Open Internet (WiFi or Cellular Data)
Wireless Information Transfer
Crewmember receives
Email, refreshes
Schedule in AFMM/FOS
Mobile, reviews Trip
Details and loads trip.
AFMM
2-Way
Discrepancy
Flow

5. Paperless Logbook
FOS Mobile Flight Logging
- Training and Fielding Timeline
Small Group
Submission
FOS Mobile training
completed at individual
Level
Select trip submission
Tick
Today
CAT Wide
Training
FOS Mobile training at
group level
(FltApps)
Tock
August 2013
Soft Kickoff
All flights logged digitally
with paper logbooks
onboard for
contingencies
Tick
1 September
2013
EOM Audits
End of month audit
meetings with key
personnel for
issues/suggestions
encountered with
implementation of
changes
Tock
Sept. thru
Dec. 2013
Final
Paperless
Kickoff
Full deployment of
paperless flight and
maintenance operations
Tick
1 January
2014
Ongoing process development and documentation
(SOP)

6. Paperless Logbook
Digital Maintenance Operations
Development and Fielding Timeline - CAT Web-App w/ FOS
Ongoing
Development
CAT
Maintenenance
Web-App final
development of
basic functions
Tick
Today
Final Rollout
Web-App basic
functionallity
complete and ready
for deployment
Tock
15 July
2013
Maintenance
Tech Training
IT to provide
training on Web-
App use and
functionality
Tick
July 2013
Soft Kickoff
Maintenance Techs
begin utilizing Web-
App on mobile
devices for all
flights
Tock
1 August
2013
Additional
Development
Porting of
information from
FOS to Web-App
and discrepancy
sign off in FOS
Tick
August -
Completio
n
Final
Paperless
Kickoff
Full deployment of
paperless flight and
maintenance
operations
Tock
1 January
2014
Ongoing process development and documentation
(SOP)