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Why choose Boeing for your Optimized Maintenance Program?
OEM Advantage: The OMP service leverages Boeing's unique ability to access aircraft design information (MSG-3), fleetwide in-service data, benchmarking insights, and our proprietary data analytics tool (SASMO) to analyze each task. This allows Boeing to provide accurate and substantial interval optimizations. This empowers operators to fully capitalize on Boeing's accumulated operational experience to refine their scheduled maintenance program.
Boeing's OMP service complements an airline's approved Scheduled Maintenance Program by integrating historical operational experience and in-service data. This ensures that maintenance practices are compliant and tailored to each airline's unique needs, making it an essential component of aircraft maintenance program development. Boeing provides operators with:
Tailored optimization
Boeing's OMP utilizes an airline's specific operational and in-service data, empowering operators to leverage their accumulated operational excellence and experience in aircraft maintenance program management.
Sustained efficiency and safety
This comprehensive approach ensures that airlines optimize their maintenance strategies and maintain ongoing operational efficiency and safety, aligning with the principles of SASMO (Statistical Analysis for Scheduled Maintenance Optimization).
Comprehensive analysis
The OMP delivers a detailed task-by-task analysis, presented through the Optimization Justification Report (OJR), which includes:
- Recommended intervals for each maintenance task.
- Support for revising the airline's maintenance program.
- Assistance in securing local regulatory acceptance.
Long-term support
Our OMP service offering may include long-term maintenance program support following implementation, featuring:
- Annual Performance Monitoring analysis reports.
- Regular Maintenance Planning Document (MPD) Revision Reports (MRR) for up to five years.
Customized OMP offerings
Baseline deliverable
Optimization Justification Report (OJR)
OJR is a source document to develop a Maintenance Specification Document (MSD) with all planned changes an airline provides to their local regulatory for review and approval.
- Contains detailed descriptions related to the scope of analysis, data used, and detailed analysis process overview
- Provides final recommendations in the form of individual task analysis reports
Optional service
Performance monitoring
After implementing the OMP, we provide an annual performance monitoring report.
- The monitoring report uses prior years' data to identify any increase in unscheduled maintenance and reviews if adjustments to the maintenance program are needed.
- Monitoring can be conducted annually for one to five years.
Optional service
Bridging report
The bridging report provides the operator with guidance for transitioning each aircraft from the airline's current maintenance program to the new OMP.
- Includes a task-by-task cross-reference package to ensure all maintenance requirements are accomplished on time.
- The bridging solution is developed to ensure the least impact on the airlines' operation.
Optional service
MPD Revision Reports (MRR)
After the implementation of the OMP, we provide an MRR for each MPD revision.
- The MRR report offers the operator with recommended actions for each MPD revision.
- Monitoring can be conducted annually for one to five years.
Optional service
Onsite support visit
- Kick-off visit: A detailed overview of the OMP is provided to the operator and, if requested, to the regulatory authority.
- Close-out review: A final review of the OMP recommendations is conducted with the operator before submission to the regulator, ensuring all parties are aligned.
Frequently asked questions
What is the regulatory guidance related to OMP development?
An optimized scheduled maintenance program achieves the desired objectives and standards set by the air carrier, which are required by its OpSpecs and in accordance with FAA AC 120-16 and FAA AC 120-17.
AC 120-16 provides airlines guidance to establish a Continuing Analysis and Surveillance (CASS), and notes "… regulations (§§ 121.373 and 135.431) that require you to establish and maintain a system for the CASS of the performance and effectiveness of your maintenance program."
AC 120-17 Chapter 5 provides guidance for Analysis and Recommendations for revising task, the process we use to develop an OMP for each customer aligns with this guidance.
What data is needed?
Developing an optimized maintenance plan requires several key data sources, including scheduled maintenance, logbook, schedule interruption, and component removal records. The amount of data will depend on project goals and scope.
Additional data requested from the operator includes the Airlines' Maintenance Program (AMP), packaging goals, current and planned utilization, reliability program reports, operator unique task card procedures, and supplemental data needed for non-failure findings analysis.
What task intervals cannot be changed as part of the OMP?
Items that are not included in an OMP are tasks that align with regulatory requirements, including Airworthiness Directives, Airworthiness Limitations, Certification Maintenance Requirement(s) (CMR(s)), which cannot be optimized beyond the mandated limits, and non-Boeing Supplemental Type Certificate (STC), approved repairs (8100-9, etc.), and (iv) Landing Gear Restoration.
How long does it take to develop an OMP program for an operator?
Depending on the scope of the project (fleet size, AMP size, data set size), the development of the OMP may take 6 to 18+ months.