Use

For each flight, the flying hours of an aircraft are determined in a measurement reading. The value must then be transferred to the system. It is entered as a measurement reading for the relevant measuring point in the master equipment. After a certain period, an inspection is carried out in the dock. The regular actions based on the current value of the flight hours counter are generated automatically by the maintenance plan scheduling function. An ascending flight hours counter is recorded for each aircraft.

If an aircraft is not used with the maximum efficiency, it may reach the maximum flying hours long before the inspection date, or be inspected even though it has remaining flying hours.

You can use the Mass Change Usage Rate application to change the usage rate for multiple aircraft at the same time.

Integration

The usage rate is used in the Controlled Usage Rate application.

Prerequisites

The following master data and movement data exists in the system:

Technical objects

Measuring points

Measurement documents

Features

An extended form of the usage rate from the master equipment is used to control usage. The following values are important here:

Actual usage rate

The actual usage rate specifies how many flying hours were flown in a month.

Target usage rate

The target usage rate specifies the planned flying hours for an aircraft for a particular period of time.

You enter the target usage rate in the Quantitative Usage Rate list in the master equipment.

Ideal usage rate

The ideal usage rate specifies the ideal number of hours an aircraft should fly in one month to ensure that it enters the next inspection without any remaining flying hours.

Remaining flying hours

The remaining flying hours are the flying hours that are still available up to the inspection.

The remaining flying hours are calculated on the basis of the flight hours counter reading and the planned counter reading of the last inspection that was carried out (initial counter reading).

The following example explains how the remaining flying hours are calculated.