Aerospace Software Development

Every maintenance action, inspection, and defect is captured against the aircraft: task reference, the engineer who completed it, the date, and the release to service certification. Component history shows every installation and removal for each life-limited and serialised part, with hours and cycles at each event. AD compliance records show the applicability determination, compliance method, completion date, and next due date for every applicable directive. Maintenance programme task tracking shows what's complete, what's approaching due, and what's overdue across the fleet. Your team gets an accurate picture of what work is due without searching paper records, and your CAMO auditor gets a record that holds up.

Work packages assemble scheduled maintenance tasks, defect rectifications, and additional work items into a planned input before the aircraft arrives. Task cards reference the applicable approved data, whether AMM task, airworthiness directive, or engineering order, linked to each work step. Engineer assignment checks the required licence category and type rating endorsement against the engineer record before assignment. Parts and tooling are reserved against the work order so stores and tool control can prepare in advance. Completion recording links the maintenance release certification to each task, and work package close-out confirms all tasks are signed off before the aircraft returns to service. The coordinator stops tracking status by phone call.

Every item in stores carries part number, serial number, batch number, traceability documentation, and shelf-life expiry. Serviceability checking validates that a part has a valid release document, hasn't exceeded its life limit, and is within shelf-life before it's issued to a work order. Incoming goods inspection flags parts without adequate traceability documentation for quarantine. Rotable component tracking shows current installation location, accumulated hours and cycles, and next scheduled shop visit for life-limited and on-condition components. Parts loan and exchange management covers AOG situations where a component is borrowed from another operator pending return of the serviceable unit. An unserviceable or inadequately documented part doesn't reach an aircraft.

AD applicability determination matches directive references against the aircraft type, engine type, and component part numbers in your fleet to identify which ADs apply to each aircraft. Compliance method recording shows the terminating action, recurring inspection, or alternative means of compliance selected for each applicable directive. Due date calculation for recurring ADs uses the compliance method, the aircraft hours or cycles at last compliance, and the current utilisation rate. Alert generation fires when an aircraft approaches an AD compliance due date, with lead time configured to give maintenance planning sufficient notice to schedule the work. Continued airworthiness documentation for engineering orders, service bulletins, and optional modifications is tracked per aircraft.

Flight scheduling and dispatch covers route planning, slot coordination, ground handling requests, and fuel uplift. Crew scheduling checks licence currency, rest period compliance, and crew qualification against route and aircraft type. Operational flight plan generation handles performance calculations, fuel planning, and alternate aerodrome selection. Flight following shows the current position and status of each aircraft in the fleet with ETAs updated from actual departure times. Load and balance calculation runs for each departure. Operational control communications connect the operations centre and flight crew. The dispatcher's workflow stops depending on phone calls and manual updates.

Licence and rating records show the current scope of certifying authority for each engineer, the licence expiry date, and the aircraft types they're authorised to certify. Training records cover type rating courses, continuation training, human factors, and dangerous goods: completion date, training provider, and expiry date for each qualification. Recency monitoring fires alerts when engineer authorisations approach expiry so renewals are planned before the engineer loses certification. Competency assessment recording covers elements of the maintenance organisation's training scheme. The nominated post-holder gets a current view of who is authorised to certify what without maintaining a separate spreadsheet.