AVMG 3600 - Ch. 9

Production Planning and Control (PP&C)

The PP&C function is considered an ‘idealized’ responsibility

Planning

All “A” Checks and higher are coordinated by

PP&C

Often times, operations and maintenance schedules need to e modified by

PP&C

Parts required for maintenance are not readily available, this is an example of

Parts running (cannibalization)

The activities of line, hanger, and shop maintenance constitute the ___ aspect of M&E.

Production

Schedules for checks and known modifications are finalized in which type of forecast?

Short-term

The crash of a BAC1-11 in 1990 lead to the need for airlines to address

Human factors in maintenance

What are the three primary functions of PP&C?

Forecasting, Planning, and Control

Why can continually deferring maintenance items b costly to airlines?

The aircraft must be taken out of service for several hours

PP&C control maintenance by

Adjusting the plan and keeping checks on schedule

PP&C is primarily responsible for

Planning and scheduling all aircraft maintenance activity within an airline

Planning and scheduling the appropriate manpower, parts and facilities are examples of PP&C’s ____ function.

Planning

Deferring maintenance, adding personnel, and outsourcing are examples of PP&C’s ____ function.

Controlling

Unscheduled maintenance, or work generated by inspections in considered a/an ____ task.

Non-routine

Who administers routine tasks?

MCC

PP&C’s forecasting activities include:

Estimated maintenance workload

Who is usually in control of daily, 48-hour, and transit checks?

Line Mainteance

Deferred Maintenance is an example of which type of task?

Variable-routine

What is maintenance’s “Product”?

Airworthy vehicles

In a partially decentralized organization

Forecasting and Planning is performed by PP&C, while control is done by another work center

Preliminary Planning consists of

Developing the maintenance program by engineering

The “C” Check consists of three category tasks:

Routine, variable routine, and non-routine

In march 2010, Northwest airlines was fined $1.45 million by the FAA due to

Poop PP&C maintenance scheduling in response to an AD