Maintenance Control
Responsibility
In many organisations throughout New Zealand it is common to find a Senior Pilot
and/or Senior Engineer charged with the role of Maintenance Controller. With the
aviation industry heading in a new direction driven by increasing compliance regulations,
stricter rules, man-power shortages and an increased difficulty in sourcing parts;
the role and responsibility of the maintenance controller is becoming more in-depth
and specialized.
Third-Party
A third-party maintenance controller frees up resources, acts as an independent
auditor and provides a ‘neutral’ liaising system between the operator and maintenance
provider. Given the above, AMC New Zealand has a dedicated team of registered Maintenance
Controllers with over 30 year's experience in the aviation industry. We understand
the requirements of today’s demanding environment. Unexpected aircraft downtime
and excessive maintenance turnaround times are not viable in an industry that has
become more ‘cut throat’ with every day. Our highest priority is to keep you flying,
and flying safely.
Cost Efficient
To become an efficient cost effective company we have developed our own specialised
maintenance tracking software suited to the New Zealand aviation industry. A once
manual process has become almost completely automated and the risks of human error
have been substantially minimised. Our software has the ability to track components
and inspections on hourly, calendar and cycle lives. Components are tracked from
cradle to grave. All crucial data from the aircrafts logbooks is entered into the
software program to ensure all aircraft history is known, recorded and available
on request. Aircraft flight times are entered as frequently as possible into the
system to ensure the aircraft data is up to date.
Tracking
As part of the maintenance tracking process AMC provides Technical Directives (Work
Packages) to be issued to the maintenance contractor prior to any aircrafts inspection.
Our comprehensive Technical Directives provide the information required by the L.A.M.E
to carry out the specific maintenance. Once the work has been carried out, the program
is updated with the completed Technical Directive and a Service Advice document
for the next inspection is created. In addition to information provided earlier
by the maintenance controller the Service Advice informs the operator and maintenance
contractor of immediate upcoming inspection requirements and preparations and planning
can begin.
Airworthiness Directives and Manufacturers Service Bulletins relative to the Operators
aircraft are monitored by the Maintenance Controller. Any relative Airworthiness
Directive or Service Bulletin is added to the service advice and Technical Directive
to be checked and classified by the L.A.M.E at the next inspection. Our Maintenance
Controller will alert the Operator of any work which must be carried out immediately
in the event of an Alert Service Bulletin specific to their fleet.