The document discusses the evolution of electronic techlogs (etechlogs) in the airline and aerospace industry, highlighting key milestones from 2003 to 2013. It emphasizes the transition from traditional paper logs to electronic solutions, the challenges encountered, and the eventual adoption of these tools for engineering purposes. The author, Paul Saunders, outlines future integration plans and improvements for the techlog system.

1. whatever happened to
ETECHLOGS?
An Electronic Techlog Case Study
Airline & Aerospace MRO & Flight Operations IT Conference
Miami – 20th March 2013

2. Hello…. I’m
PAUL SAUNDERS
@conduce paul.saunders@conduce.net
not from

3. remember
2003?

4. remember
2003?

5. 2003
Panasonic launch CF18 Toughbook
FAA AC 120-76A Published

6. 2004
DS&S commence development of an electronic techlog solution

7. 2005
MyTravel commence trial of the electronic techlog solution

8. 2006
UK CAA approves paperless techlog

9. 2007
MyTravel & Thomas Cook merger

10. 2008

11. 2009
DS&S becomes wholly owned by Rolls Royce and rebrands as Osys

12. 2010
Roll out of electronic techlog to entire Thomas Cook UK fleet

13. 2011 ?
Osys announce withdrawal from ETL/EFB market

14. 2012
Conduce to the rescue (18th June go-live)

15. 2013 Next generation integration
20000 th
sector received

16. 2014?
more on that later….

17. what the hell is up with
ETECHLOGS?

18. ETECHLOG IS NOT
A FLIGHT OPS TOOL

19. we hate ETL

21. ETECHLOG IS AN
ENGINEERING TOOL

22. we love ETL

23. so do we…

24. LOWER ADMIN COSTS
TIMELY DATA
ACCURATE DATA
NO DATA DUPLICATION
‘THE’ AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE

25. COMMS CAN BE
A REAL BITCH

29. PROCEDURES
ARE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN
SOFTWARE

38. WHAT’S NEXT?

39. more integration client side rewrite
tablet versions
more user context
separation from the EFB
companion apps

40. THANK YOU
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