Dynamic assignment of maintenance tasks to aircraft maintenance personnel
First Claim
1. In a system for dynamically planning a maintenance check of an aircraft, a method for assigning maintenance tasks to crew members of a maintenance crew, the method comprising:
- obtaining a dynamic maintenance flow chart detailing up-to-date scheduling data for a predetermined number of maintenance tasks;
obtaining personnel training records for each crew member;
determining maintenance task assignments based upon an analysis of the maintenance flow chart and the personnel training records, each crew member being assigned at least one maintenance task.
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Abstract
A system for assigning maintenance tasks to crew members of a maintenance crew during a dynamically-planned maintenance check for an aircraft includes means for obtaining a dynamic maintenance flow chart detailing up-to-date scheduling data for a predetermined number of maintenance tasks, means for obtaining personnel training records for each crew member, means for determining maintenance task assignments based upon an analysis of the maintenance flow chart and the personnel training records.
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18 Claims
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1. In a system for dynamically planning a maintenance check of an aircraft, a method for assigning maintenance tasks to crew members of a maintenance crew, the method comprising:
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obtaining a dynamic maintenance flow chart detailing up-to-date scheduling data for a predetermined number of maintenance tasks;
obtaining personnel training records for each crew member;
determining maintenance task assignments based upon an analysis of the maintenance flow chart and the personnel training records, each crew member being assigned at least one maintenance task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for dynamically planning a maintenance check of an aircraft, the method comprising:
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obtaining any maintenance tasks that may exist, and which are required to be performed on the aircraft;
generating a maintenance flow chart detailing scheduling data for each of the maintenance tasks;
obtaining personnel training records for each crew member awaiting task assignment;
determining maintenance task assignments based upon an analysis of the maintenance flow chart and the personnel training records, each crew member being assigned at least one maintenance task. obtaining maintenance activity data on each assigned routine task and non-routine task;
obtaining available resource data; and
updating the maintenance flow chart to reflect newly-obtained maintenance activity data and available resource data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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13. A system for assigning maintenance tasks to crew members of a maintenance crew during a dynamically-planned maintenance check for an aircraft, the system comprising:
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means for obtaining a dynamic maintenance flow chart detailing up-to-date scheduling data for a predetermined number of maintenance tasks;
means for obtaining personnel training records for each crew member;
means for determining maintenance task assignments based upon an analysis of the maintenance flow chart and the personnel training records, each crew member being assigned at least one maintenance task.
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