Airline Maintenance

This CPD course examines the business priorities for manufacturers, aircraft owners, aircraft operators and aircraft maintenance organisations, and how these different and sometimes conflicting entities need to interact effectively and in compliance with regulatory requirements.

You will be able to formulate the demands and priorities of the airline operational environment, and understand the demands placed on aircraft maintenance through requirements for airline, airport and international operations. You will be able to analyse the economics of aircraft maintenance, and how to drive efficiency
and effectiveness.

Who is it for?

For current maintenance employees in junior and middle management positions to study the role of maintenance in an airline or stand lone maintenance facility, regulatory requirements, development of Vision and Mission, stakeholder management and how maintenance creates revenues.

Timetable

• Thursday 9th November to Saturday 11th November 2023
• 9am - 4pm (with one hour lunch)

Benefits

• Evaluate the different models for aircraft maintenance and how to determine the most appropriate for a given scenario.
• Design an approach to creating an organisational safety and performance culture through maintenance management.
• Critically analyse the requirements to deliver aircraft and operational safety through all management, engineering and maintenance activities.

• Define and discuss the roles and responsibilities of the regulators, manufacturers, owners, operators and maintenance organisations with respect to aircraft engineering and maintenance.
• Critically analyse how an aircraft maintenance programme is created and structured.
• Synthesize strategic approaches to managing the various maintenance levels: operational, scheduled and major; and identify the key deliverables from aircraft maintenance managers.

There is no assessment or coursework with this CPD. Students will be asked to submit a reflective journal about the topics covered and will receive a certificate of participation.

This course is provided by the School of Science & Technology.

There is no prior knowledge to this CPD, other than a general awareness of the aviation industry practices – there is a pre-reading resource list that will help you prepare for the course.

English requirements

For those students whose first language is not English the following qualification is also required:

• IELTS: 7.0

Kinnison, Harry A., and Tariq "Terry" Siddiqui. 2013. Aviation Maintenance Management. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education. https://0-www-accessengineeringlibrary-com.wam.city.ac.uk/content/book/9780071805025