Aircraft non-periodic maintenance scheduling system

A method of determining a maintenance response to a non-conformance condition in an aircraft, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a processor with a memory, the non-conformance condition in the aircraft;
• receiving, at the processor and the memory, fault and maintenance information including a risk of further failure corresponding to the non-conformance condition specific to the aircraft;
• receiving from an operator of the aircraft, at the processor and the memory, a flight schedule for the aircraft, one or more repair locations, and an inventory of parts relevant to the non-conformance condition;
• generating a simplicity, ambiguity, volatility (SAV) rating for the non-conformance condition by comparing historical repair records for the non-conformance condition to a repair process for the non-conformance condition, wherein the SAV rating contains a simplicity value, an ambiguity value, and a volatility value for resolving the non-conformance condition;
• and
• evaluating, using a rule set stored in the memory executed on the processor, the fault and maintenance information, the risk of further failure, the flight schedule for the aircraft, the one or more repair locations and the SAV rating for the non-conformance condition to produce a location and time for the aircraft to have the non-conformance condition resolved.

A system for aircraft maintenance scheduling comprising:

• a processor with a memory that receives an error report from an electronic non-conformance repository in communication with the processor, the error report containing information for a non-conformance condition in an aircraft;
• a service bridge coupled to the processor with the memory and configured to receive from an operator of the aircraft:
• a flight schedule for the aircraft, one or more repair locations and their respective repair capabilities, and an inventory of parts for each of the one or more repair locations;
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• a rule set stored in the memory including a plurality of individual rules for processing the non-conformance condition, the flight schedule, the one or more repair locations and their respective repair capabilities, and the inventory of parts, wherein the processor is configured to execute the rule set to determine i) whether correcting the non-conformance condition can be deferred, and when deferrable, ii) selecting a location on the flight schedule and scheduling parts and personnel at the location for correcting the non-conformance.