Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 5 Issue 4

New trends in aircraft reliability and maintenance measures

U. Dinesh Kumar

Discusses two measures, namely, maintenance free operating period (MFOP) and failure free operating period (FFOP) that are seen as the future reliability and maintenance measures…

Designing for MFOP: towards the autonomous aircraft

Paul F. Cini, Paul Griffith

BAe Airbus has studied the application of the maintenance free operating period (MFOP) concept to Airbus aircraft in order to meet a growing demand for autonomous operation. This…

Effectiveness of maintenance

John Crocker

This paper pays particular attention to three major areas: inspection effectiveness, repair effectiveness and maintenance induced failures. These three areas are frequently…

Chief mechanic: the new approach to aircraft maintenance by Boeing

J. Knezevic

Considers the new role of chief mechanic at Boeing – a role introduced for the 777 model. Looks at factors such as design build teams made up of members from areas such as…

Gripen: with focus on availability performance and life support cost over the product life cycle

Anna Sandberg, Ulrika Strömberg

Describes how the terms system effectiveness from a logistics perspective and life cycle cost effectiveness were designed into the Gripen combat aircraft and how they are now…

Civil aircraft maintenance and support Fault diagnosis from a business perspective

Robert M.H. Knotts

Aircraft maintenance down times together with maintenance activity durations and associated man‐hour expenditure are extremely important factors contributing to two major…