Aircraft Entry into Service demo

What the demo shows

Agents ready each new aircraft type's program, records, parts and ADs; technical ops signs off

The signature is a rehearsal of the new type's first revenue flight. The first flight of the new type on its long-haul launch route is drawn as a route with its fourteen moments, from crew sign-in at the hub to the records after arrival; the readiness agent walks it step by step and says, at each one, whether it is ready, with the evidence. Seven agents do the work: a readiness agent re-checks all 412 checks every night and rehearses the first flights; a maintenance program agent maps the manufacturer's 2,914 planning tasks and reads every AD for the tail; a manuals and OpSpecs agent tracks the FAA approvals and drafts packages it never submits; a spares agent compares every station kit with what is covered; a crew readiness agent matches trained crews to the schedule; a station agent checks ground equipment, handlers and line maintenance; a check agent re-reads every ready check blind. In the sample, the rehearsal stops at the far-end station: 14 rotables are in no pool there, because the launch route changed and the pool agreement never followed. The spares agent prices three fixes and drafts a pool request for $170,400 a year instead of $3.86M of parts; the VP Technical Operations approves it with a reason code and a signature, and the rehearsal runs again with every step ready or on plan.

Transcript

1. 0:00Aircraft Entry into Service.
2. 0:03Agents ready a new aircraft type, technical operations signs off.
3. 0:0917,000 aircraft are on order and each new type must be ready on day one.
4. 0:17Corvane's first 8-350 flight, CV-30 from Denver to Tokyo, leaves May 14th in 211 days.
5. 0:28The readiness agent rehearses it step by step, cruise, OpSpecs and a maintenance program checkout.
6. 0:34Then it stops at Narita.
7. 0:3814 spare parts are in no pool there.
8. 0:42The launch moved from London to Tokyo in August.
9. 0:46The pool agreement never followed.
10. 0:50The spare's agent priced three fixes and drafted a pool request.
11. 0:54The check agent agreed.
12. 0:58Dana, VP of Technical Operations, approves it with a reason code and her signature.
13. 1:05The rehearsal runs again.
14. 1:07Every step is now ready or on plan.
15. 1:11Every step is cited, signed, and logged, ready for the FAA.
16. 1:18The fix, $170,000 a year, not 3.9 million parts.
17. 1:26Built on Botminds: agents, data, screens, and governance on one platform.

Transcribed from the film’s narration. Captions are on the player.