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The document discusses the maintenance program requirements for a fleet of 15 Boeing 737 Max aircraft. It states that the maintenance program consists of maintenance manuals, structural programs, corrosion programs, and inspection schedules. It notes that the operator must adjust the generic maintenance program provided by Boeing to account for the operator's specific flight cycles and environmental conditions. Key factors that must be considered include flight frequency, component cycles, climatic conditions, and flight hours. The maintenance program and supporting documents are submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority for review and approval before implementation.

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Legislation Assignment 2

The document discusses the maintenance program requirements for a fleet of 15 Boeing 737 Max aircraft. It states that the maintenance program consists of maintenance manuals, structural programs, corrosion programs, and inspection schedules. It notes that the operator must adjust the generic maintenance program provided by Boeing to account for the operator's specific flight cycles and environmental conditions. Key factors that must be considered include flight frequency, component cycles, climatic conditions, and flight hours. The maintenance program and supporting documents are submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority for review and approval before implementation.

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Aviation Legislation

2) Maintenance Program for fleet of 15 737-Max Aircrafts

A Maintenance Program for a 737-Max contains information of what is to


be maintained on the aircraft and how often. The program usually consists
of a Maintenance Schedule and other relevant updated maintenance tasks
designed by Boeing for the 737-Max.

The Maintenance Planning Document simply gives a generic Maintenance


Programme for the 737-Max which does not account for the environmental
conditions and Air Operators flight cycles. This document is reviewed and
approved by the Maintenance Review Board (MRB). The Air Operator will,
as a result, have to adjust the original AMP from Boeing to suit its mode
of operation except for tasks which are considered Airworthiness
Limitations or Certification Maintenance Requirements.

As the 737-Max aircraft are used for short haul and long haul flights, the
following operational parameters must be taken into account for designing
maintenance tasks:

Frequency of aircraft flights


Aircraft component cycles
Climatic conditions
Flight hours

The 737-Max Maintenance Program consists of maintenance manuals,


airframe structural maintenance programs, corrosion control programs,
MRBRs, (alert) service bulletins, Airworthiness Directives and regular
inspections.

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Aviation Legislation

Design Processes

The following documents shall be submitted to the Authority:

a) The proposed Maintenance Program.


b) The proposed Reliability Program, as required.
c) Source documents (As applicable: TCDS, MRB report, MPD, l, Life limitations,
Corrosion Prevention Control Program, Life Limitations, Certification Maintenance
Requirements, etc.).
d) Design status (Type specification, AD status, modification and repair status) of each
aircraft listed in the Maintenance Program.

Where the Maintenance Program differs from the Type Certificate (TC) Holders
recommendations, the Authority must be provided with the appropriate technical
justifications for such differences, as shown:

a) Addition of tasks.
b) Deletion of tasks.
c) Modification to tasks.
d) Change in tasks frequencies.

Where comparisons are made with Maintenance Program(s) previously approved, the
following additional documents shall be submitted to the Authority :

a) The previously approved Maintenance Program.


b) A detailed comparison between both fleet of aircraft, relevant to the Maintenance
Program items concerned by the comparison, in terms of:
I. Type of operation (long/short haul, ETOPS/non ETOPS, fleet
utilization rate, climate environment, etc.)
II. Fleet technical standard (modification standard, customer options, TC
variants, structural repairs, etc.).
III. Maintenance factors (aircraft age, applicable maintenance practices
and procedures, Reliability Program, SB implementation policy,
lubrication program, etc.).

After these documents have been put together, the Maintenance Program
is reviewed by relevant qualified personnel. Two (2) copies of the Program
is then given to the Civil Aviation Authority for approval. If the program is
approved, the Authority will keep one copy and return one copy and the
Approval Document to the operator, allowing the operator to produce
more copies.

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Maintenance Procedures

Civil Aviation [(No. 3) Air Operator Certification and Administration]


Regulations state that:

Aircraft logbook utilisation and Minimum Equipment List application.


Aircraft maintenancedevelopment and amendment.
Time and maintenance records, responsibilities, retention.
Accomplishment and control of mandatory continued airworthiness
information (Airworthiness Directives).
Analysis of the effectiveness of the maintenance.
Non-mandatory modification embodiment policy.
Major modification standards.
Defect reports:
I. Analysis;
II. liaison with manufacturers and regulatory authorities; and
III. deferred defect policy.
2.9 Engineering activity:
I. Reliability;
II. airframe;
III. propulsion;
IV. components.
2.10 Pre-flight inspection:
I. preparation of aircraft for flight;
II. sub-contracted ground handling functions;
III. security of cargo and baggage loading;
IV. control of refuelling, quantity/quality; and
V. control of snow, ice, dust and sand contamination.
Aircraft weighing.
Flight test procedures.
Sample of documents, tags and forms used.
Flight test procedures.
Appropriate portions of the operating manual of the air operator.

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