Aircraft maintenance program bridging systems and methods
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsLeroux Marais, Jan Edgar Schnider
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Abstract
An aircraft maintenance bridging system and method are configured to determine at least one transition option that transitions one or more aircraft from a current maintenance program schedule to a new maintenance program schedule. The aircraft maintenance bridging method includes analyzing the current maintenance program schedule and the new maintenance program schedule with a maintenance bridging determination control unit, and determining the transition option(s), using the maintenance bridging determination control unit, for the aircraft based on analyzing the current maintenance program schedule and the new maintenance program schedule.
Claims20
An aircraft maintenance bridging system that is configured to determine a plurality of transition options that transition a plurality of aircraft from a plurality of current maintenance program schedules to a plurality of new maintenance program schedules, wherein the plurality of current maintenance program schedules are different for at least two of the plurality of aircraft, and wherein the plurality of new maintenance program schedules are different for at least two of the plurality of aircraft, the aircraft maintenance bridging system comprising:
- a maintenance resource database that stores resource data of an aircraft operator;
- and
- a maintenance bridging determination control unit communicatively coupled to the maintenance resource database, wherein the maintenance bridging determination control unit is configured to:
- analyze the plurality of current maintenance program schedules, the plurality of new maintenance program schedules, and the resource data, and
- determine the plurality of transition options for the plurality of aircraft based on the analysis of the plurality of current maintenance program schedules, the plurality of new maintenance program schedules, the resource data, and one or more factor preferences, wherein the resource data includes labor availability, facilities availability, parts availability, equipment availability, and aircraft use, and wherein the one or more factor preferences comprises one or more of reduced labor costs, reduced parts costs, reduced equipment costs, or reduced transition time.
An aircraft maintenance bridging system that is configured to determine at least one transition option that transitions one or more aircraft from a current maintenance program schedule to a new maintenance program schedule, the aircraft maintenance bridging system comprising:
- a maintenance bridging determination control unit comprising one or more processors that are configured to analyze the current maintenance program schedule and the new maintenance program schedule and determine the at least one transition option for the one or more aircraft based on the analysis of the current maintenance program schedule and the new maintenance program schedule;
- and
- a monitor in communication with the maintenance bridging determination control unit,
- wherein the maintenance bridging determination control unit is configured to output a signal regarding the at least one transition option to the monitor, and
- wherein the monitor is configured to show the at least one transition option.
An aircraft maintenance bridging method that is configured to determine at least one transition option that transitions one or more aircraft from a current maintenance program schedule to a new maintenance program schedule, the aircraft maintenance bridging method comprising using one or more processors to execute a set of instructions stored in at least one memory to:
- analyze the current maintenance program schedule and the new maintenance program schedule with a maintenance bridging determination control unit;
- determine the at least one transition option, using the maintenance bridging determination control unit, for the one or more aircraft based on the analysis of the current maintenance program schedule and the new maintenance program schedule
- output a signal regarding the at least one transition option to a monitor communicatively coupled to the maintenance bridging determination control unit;
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- show the at least one transition option on the monitor.
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