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We have several industry generic problems within the environment of Aviation Maintenance Planning Documentation related to the comprehension of Regulatory inspired documentation. a) Long sentences related to regulatory requirements for example Federal Aviation Requirements (FAR) and Certification Specifications (CS). b) Insufficient details in the original documentation with some steps omitted by the editors of task…

As Technical Authors our understanding of the issues as perceived by the Maintenance organisations can serve to improve how we manage the work that we do. In this way to achieve an insight into potential areas of improvement. Issues identified during a review of the effectiveness of the task card process include the following: Occurrence…

The use of Flowcharts within or supplemental to a procedure provides significant benefits particularly in the development of process documentation. Benefits include the ability to demonstrate regulatory compliance as well as supporting the Quality Control / Quality Assurance Process. A well-crafted flowchart is visually stimulating and easy to understand. In addition it will gain and…

Maintenance Procedures deliver essential information to ensure consistent delivery of a particular objective or requirement. If the procedure is not written in the correct way it has the potential to become at best a distraction and at worst a liability which may become a precursor to an unwelcome event. Not following correctly a procedure can…