Basic areas to consider for aircraft maintenance planning

1. Maintenance Planning
Fundamentals
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 Aircraft core data (Configuration Control)
 Primary Source?
 Major Assemblies
 Sub Assemblies
 Flight Logs / Maintenance Logs (Maintenance Entries)
 Engineering entries.
 Task cards / Work Packages
 Primary source?
 Customised Cards?
 ICA
 Log Books / System Records
 What items require a log book?
 Who can sign a log book?
 Use the system !
Technical Records

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 Source Documents
 Maintenance Planning Document
 Maintenance Manual
 Engine Manual
 Owners Manual
 Plus awareness of …..
 Approved Data.
 What is considered Approved Data?
 Customization (Utilization, Environmental, Operational)
 Low/High utilisation
 Environmental concerns?
 Task Cards
Maintenance Programs

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Maintenance Planning
 Types of Planning
 AOC/Fleet Planning
 Production / 145 Planning
 Line Planning (Short Term)
 Short Frequency Tasks / MEL
 Base Maintenance Planning (Long Term)
 Heavy Checks / Mod Programs
 Materials Planning

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 Short Term / Line Planning.
 14 days / 100 Hours / 20 cycs. (MCC control)
 High visibility, Live tracking.
 MEL/Defect management
 Out station capabilities
 Third party support
 Disruption recovery
Short Term Planning

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 Base Maintenance Checks.
 Scheduled maintenance tasks that require hangar and planned
downtime
 Modification Programs – SB introduction.
 1 Year Plan
 3 Year Plan
 5 Year Plan
 Home base or Third party hangar?
Long Term Planning

7. Production Planning
 Hangar capability. (MOE 145 / Authority approval requirements)
 Manpower – capacity planning.
 Production Data Capture
 Tools
 Materials
 Services
 Task Card Management
 Gantt Charts
 Pre-input checks
 Liaison of maintenance input.
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Capacity--Working Man Hours 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Total
Category Type
Hours/
Shift Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Man Power A 8
32 32 48 48 48 40 40 40 40 40 32 32 32 32 40 40 40 864
Man Power B 8
48 48 48 48 32 32 32 32 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 32 912
Man Power D 8
40 40 40 40 32 0 0 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 32 32 32 544
Total Working Man Power
120 120 136 136 112 72 72 104 112 112 104 104 72 72 112 112 104
2320
Capacity--Non-Working Man Hours 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Total
Category Type Hours Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Training T 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 24 24 24
192
Vacation V 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Compensatory C 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Holiday H 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Personal Leave P 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Resign R 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
StandBy SB 8
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
Total Non-Working Man Hours
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 24 24 24
192
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CAPACITY PLANNING

9. Load--Maintenance Hours Worked 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Total
Type of Work Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
HS-WEH HANGAR 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
G550 CHECK HANGAR 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
OPEN HANGAR 1
48 48 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
240
MCL INSP 22 DOC HANGAR 2 48 48 48 48
48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 48
816
N551VL HANGAR 2 32 32 32 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
96
HAWKER HANGAR 2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0
0 0 0 0
Total Maintenance Load Hours 128 128 128 96 96
48 48
48 48 48 48 48
48 48
48 48 48 1152
Utlization 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Total
Metric Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Load / Capacity (Working Man
Hours) Ratio 107% 107% 94% 71% 86% 67% 67% 46% 43% 43% 46% 46% 67% 67% 43% 43% 46% 50%
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CAPACITY PLANNING

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WORK FLOW

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HANGAR ALLOCATION

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 Awareness of company spares programs, PBH etc.
 When to plan component changes?
 Utilisation of the rotable?
 Opportunity maintenance?
 During base check?
 Consumables / Tooling …don’t forget and don’t be
afraid to ask.
Material Planning

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The planning nightmare …..