Aviation Maintenance Management

This unique resource covers aircraft maintenance program development and operations from a managerial as well as technical perspective. Readers will learn how to save money by minimizing aircraft downtime and slashing maintenance and repair costs.

* Plan and control maintenance

* Coordinate activities of the various work centers

* Establish an initial maintenance program

* Develop a systems concept of maintenance

* Identify and monitor maintenance problems and trends

Harry A. Kinnison, Ph.D., worked for the Boeing Company for 20 years, 10 as a specialist in the Maintenance and Ground Operations Systems Group of the Customer Services Organization. Specifically, he represented Boeing to airlines on the ETOPS (extended-range twin-engine operations) program, participated in airline maintenance evaluations, and helped airlines develop reliability programs. Since his retirement from Boeing in 2000, he has taught aviation maintenance management courses at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He developed this book because no suitable text for courses such as his existed.

List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceIntroductionIntroductionPart I: Fundamentals of MaintenanceChapter 1: Why We Have to Do MaintenanceChapter 2: Development of Maintenance ProgramsChapter 3: Definitions, Goals, and ObjectivesChapter 4: Aviation Industry Certification RequirementsChapter 5: Documentation for MaintenanceChapter 6: Requirements for a Maintenance ProgramChapter 7: The Maintenance and Engineering OrganizationPart II: Technical SupportChapter 8: EngineeringChapter 9: Production Planning and ControlChapter 10: Technical PublicationsChapter 11: Technical TrainingChapter 12: Computer SupportPart III: Maintenance and Material SupportChapter 13: Line Maintenance (on-Aircraft)Chapter 14: Hangar Maintenance (on-Aircraft)Chapter 15: Maintenance Overhaul Shops (off-Aircraft)Chapter 16: Material SupportPart IV: Oversight FunctionsChapter 17: Quality AssuranceChapter 18: Quality ControlChapter 19: ReliabilityChapter 20: Maintenance SafetyPart V: AppendixesAppendix A: Systems EngineeringAppendix B: Human Factors in MaintenanceAppendix C: The Art and Science of TroubleshootingAppendix D: Investigations of Reliability AlertsAppendix E: Extended Range Operations (ETOPS)Appendix F: GlossaryIndex