What should an Operator/Airline Technical Representative do DURING heavy maintenance check?

1. Technical arrangements:

1.?????Request MRO to count and list all galley loose equipment: Trolleys, Standard Units, Hot Cups, Pots and Inserts etc. on arrival and remove them from board for temporary storage

2.?????Request MRO to make a listing/checking of emergency equipment highlighting the missing/expired items and remove them from board for temporary safe storage

3.?????Request MRO to list and remove the cockpit documentation from board for temporary safe storage

4.?????Visit aircraft with a MRO representative/Project Manager to check the defects found during initial interior inspection and discuss possible ways of their rectification

5.?????Request MRO to check ATC/ CLB pages for recent open/deferred items, FH/FC, fuel on board, photos of the last ATL/CLB pages.

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2. Documentation and information:

1.?????Make sure that the MRO have received all required technical documentation along with list of all current manuals revisions

2.?????Obtain up-to-date Airframe & Engine FH/FC, fuel qty that is left on board and photos of the appropriate ATL/CLB pages from the MRO planning department and send it to Operator planning department/ CAMO

3.?????Provide MRO with the current APU, Engines, Airplane FH/FC, TCN, TCOH etc.

4.?????Issue Customer Work Orders/Request (CWO or CWR) for rectification of all deferred items

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3. Material Supply Management

1.?????Brief your supply department specialist for material/component demands over the capped price. Example, CAP 200 USD/ea. Point attention on all agreement requirements in term of material supply, storage and returning materials back to Operator base after heavy maintenance.

2.?????Make sure that both MRO and Operator supply specialists clearly understand agreement conditions in terms of material supply, clearly understood areas of their responsibilities and areas of interactions. What is very important, that they should communicate to each other using the same Material Supply Status (could be excel file ) that includes information about all updates and comments from both sides.

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NOTE:?it happens that during heave maintenance check the MRO and Operator use separate files where they track the materials, they do not keep previous comments of the other side, and remove and add parts to the list without highlighting revisions and updates. In such case, it takes couple of hours every morning to synchronize the information and, in worst scenario, they miss some important details.??In other words, material supply management becomes a nightmare for both sides if they do not agree at the beginning of the project on supply management communication methods and reports for both sides.

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3.???????Follow-up delivery of rotable components, kits, etc that are under Operator responsibility

4.???????Follow-up delivery status and contractual requirements of all exchange components. Keep in mind that repair of your component can be Beyond Economical.

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4. Project routine

1.???????Completion of the Inspection Phase is an important milestone. You must remind MRO about that target pushing and controlling them to accomplish all inspections by that target date.

2.???????If Fuel tanks should be opened then make sure that you can safely store the fuel somewhere – discuss it with MRO/ Airport

3.???????Control all MHs that MRO spends for your project on daily basis:

(a) check the Project MHs roster,

(b) visit aircraft at least a few times a day,

(c) control that work goes on aircraft as per Gantt chart and as reported by MRO

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4.???????Follow-up all hydraulic, fuel, oil sampling/analysis tasks to be performed at the earliest convenience

5.???????Follow the new items added to Dent & Buckle Chart by the MRO and inform Operator engineering department/CAMO

6.???????(if necessary) Read & Record Oxygen Generator and Life Vest inventory and consult with Operator planning department

7.???????Consult with Operator engineering and planning department / CAMO for any task to be cancelled or deferred

8.???????Follow-up in-house shop component repairs and issue of EASA Form 1 afterwards

9.???????Follow-up all out of allowable limits repairs that require OEM/ Part 21 involvement and issue of appropriate approval

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5. Project status meetings

1.???????Covey regular meetings and inform Operator management about status of the aircraft

2.???????Point attention to:

·?????????AD, SB, STC, MOD performance

·????????Hard-Time Components HTC and?Life-Limited Components/Parts?LLP replacement

·????????Performance of the job required highly skilled ETOPS, CMR, CPCP, RII, Critical Tasks, AWL (CDCCL или ALI), NDT, SSI etc);

·????????Engine, Landing Gear , Thrust Reversers, APU replacemt and shipping them to shop

·????????Interior units and Emergency equipment?removal and shipment to shop for repair

§?Note: actually, point attention and track status for shipping, repair and returning back any removed from aircraft equipment.

·????????Technical documenataion completion.

·????????Major Structural Repair , coordination with OEM

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6. Project End

1.???????Keep the copy of the fuel receipt which has ordered by the MRO for fuel leak test or ferry flight

2.???????Check the navigation database due date.??Get the current database and ask MRO to update the navigation database if the due date is before the aircraft release to service (RTS) date

3.???????Contact Operation Control Center for required fuel information and fuel confirmation details

4.???????Report all the U/S & removed part list to Supply department for the further actions & destinations

5.???????Take EASA Form 1 copies of the materials supplied/purchased during maintenance

6.???????Take copy of ?CRS, Stamped/Closed Package Index and On/Off Component list

7.???????Make sure all cockpit documents are completely located back on board

8.???????Make sure FAK (if was and emergency equipment, Galley Equipment are all located back on board correctly (by referring the initial list)

9.???????Contact Operator Dispatch for return/ferry flight plan, crew names and take/off time and inform MRO

10.?????Arrange catering if necessary for the ferry flight. Contact MRO for this service.

11.?????Follow-up and monitor all components that were exchanged by Operator or MRO Procurement department.

12.?????Check the C-Check invoice IAW all job done and report if there is any discrepancy to the MRO for correction