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Join Civil Air Patrol at the 2019 CAP Summer Conference to discuss aircraft management and maintenance solutions to increase aircraft availability and decrease maintenance costs. Learn about the AMRAD system, parts tracking, procurement policies, ADS-B updates, and aircraft refurbishment.
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2019 CAP SUMMER CONFERENCEAircraft Management Civil Air Patrol One Civil Air Patrol, excelling in service to our nation and our members!
Agenda • Guest Briefer • Aircraft Mx CFT • ADS-B Update • FY 19 Aircraft Buy • Refurb Program • End of Year Closeout
CAP Acft MX CFT Team • Col Brian Ready, SWR/CV • Col Leo Burke, GLR/CV and DCS Ops • Col Sean Crandall, TX/CC • Lt Col Chris Bailey, NC/DO and AMO • Capt Gary Cinnamon, CA/AMO • Lt Todd Wean, FL/DO and A&P • Gary Schneider, CAP LG • Johnny Dean, CAP Deputy LG • Rodger Kirkpatrick, CAP LGM
CAP Acft MX CFT Charter Examine all facets of the CAP Aircraft Maintenance process and come up with a plan to increase aircraft availability and decrease maintenance costs
CAP Acft MX CFT Findings • No standardized aircraft maintenance processes and procedures across CAP • No standardized AMO training and AMO roles and responsibilities are not clearly defined
CAP Acft MX CFT Solutions • AMO Guide
CAP Acft MX CFT Solutions • AMO Specialty Track
CAP Acft MX CFT Findings • No system to accurately track, forecast or alert AMOs/LG staff of approaching time-change items, AD compliance or critical software updates • No system to accurately capture and report real-time aircraft status • WMIRS aircraft discrepancy information, condition data and closeout information is not accurate or up-to-date and does not reflect the true condition of the aircraft
AMRAD is the CAP’s new Aircraft Maintenance Repair and Documentation System. It takes the place of most of the functions that were in the WMIRS Maintenance Module. It allows new aircraft discrepancies to be entered, transmits them to the AMO for validation and facilitates the flight release process. It allows Aircraft Mx requests to be processed through to NHQ for approval and parts to be ordered, all in one location. It is designed to provide real-time visibility to aircraft status, open and closed discrepancies, maintenance & inspection data, maintenance and repair requests, parts order status and parts tracking
CAP Acft MX CFT Solution • AMRAD
When a new discrepancy is created for an aircraft assigned to your wing the AMO will see a notification on their AMRAD home screen under the Work Items tab showing “Open Discrepancies” The number in parentheses indicates how many discrepancies are open that have not been validated or processed by the AMO.
AMRAD has enhanced search and report capabilities to allow you to see the data you need, exactly the way you want to see it
CAP Acft MX CFT Solution • AMRAD
CAP Acft MX CFT Findings • The CAP aircraft parts process is not standardized, does not have the capacity to handle the volume of parts needed by the field in a timely manner, lacks redundancy and does not have a system to track parts orders, cores, credits, invoices and provide parts order status and visibility to our internal and external customers
CAP Acft MX CFT Findings • CAP policy requiring AMOs and shops to contact NHQ for approval to proceed with repairs; creates unnecessary delays • CAP procurement policy negatively impacts mission capable rates by establishing administrative approval levels in excess of the federal requirements
CAPR 66-1 ICL 18-04 • Increased the spending limit for AMOs from $200 to $500 for Acft repairs
CAP NHQ Procurement OI • Changed OI to streamline Purchase Order approval process, reduced approval time to 1 day
ADS-B Update ADS-B Mandate 1 January 2020
Aircraft Status Aircraft FleetTotal in Inventory 563 Pending retirement 21 Refurb Program 3 Extensive MX 4 Available for missions 535
ADS-B Update ADS-B Status as of 8/1/2019Total Installations 495 Remaining 40
Flight ID Call Sign Mismatch • FAA is reporting a large number of naming errors associated with ADS-B Out • Call sign mismatches (CSMM) occur when the aircraft identification on the flight plan does not exactly match the ADS-B transmitted identification
Flight ID Call Sign Mismatch • For GA aircraft it is normally the tail number • CAP uses special call signs that enable priority handling by ATC • After a test flight in airspace with ADS-B rules request a performance report • FAA’s Public ADS-B Performance Report Request (PAPR) service. http://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx
FY19 Aircraft Buy 2 - T206H 5 - 182T 11 -172S Equipped with G1000 NXI and ADS-B In and Out
Aircraft Refurbishment CAP has contracted with Fresh Aircraft Sales to accomplish aircraft refurbs for us We will take delivery of the first aircraft next week They have come in on-budget and delivered the aircraft a month ahead of schedule We expect to refurbish 4-6 aircraft per year
End-of-Year Maintenance • We want to be proactive in closing out our financial records, deobligating POs and paying FY 19 invoices • As we approach the end of the FY we will only approve maintenance to support essential/emergency mission aircraft • AMOs should contact NHQ/LGM for prior approval of ALL acft maintenance activities
CAP Aircraft Management Questions