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PROCEDURES FOR ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVENESS OF AN AOC HOLDERS APPROVED AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME

Objectives of An Aircraft Maintenance Programme The objectives of an efficient aircraft maintenance programme are: • To ensure the realization of the Inherent Safety and Reliability Levels of the Equipment • To restore Safety and Reliability to their Inherent Levels when Deterioration has occurred • To obtain the information necessary for Design Improvement of those Items whose Inherent Reliability proves inadequate. • To accomplish these goals at a Minimum Total Cost, including Maintenance Costs and the Costs of Resulting Failures Analysis of the effectiveness of an AOC holder approved aircraft maintenance Programme as required by Nig. CARs Part 9.4.1.2(a)(5) should be documented in MCM Section 3.5 and implemented. There are two basic questions the regulations intend an Analysis of Effectiveness of the Maintenance Programme to address: (1) Are you following your maintenance programme as you have documented in your maintenance control manuals and procedures? T...

MAINTENANCE PLANNING – THE HEART OF CONTINUING AIRWORTHINESS

The goal of Maintenance and Engineering (M&E) department is to deliver airworthy aircraft to the flight department in time to meet the flight schedule, with all maintenance activities completed or properly deferred. In business terms, this is what M&E department produces, an airworthy aircraft with all maintenance properly addressed. Thus, the activities of line, hangar, and shop maintenance constitute the production aspect of M&E. Maintenance planning often used interchangeably with production planning, then, is the planning of that work with the stated goals in mind. Maintenance planning is one of the important processes of continuing airworthiness management and in fact the heart of continuing airworthiness. Continuing airworthiness has been defined as all of the processes ensuring that, at any time in its operating life, the aircraft complies with the airworthiness requirements in force and is in a condition for safe operation” Maintenance planning is responsible ...