Documentation like driving a car
A factor we try to work into every lab experience is the documentation for the work done on aircraft. It’s often been said that for every pound of aircraft flying there’s at least two pounds of paperwork. Since aircraft maintenance is the most accountable industry in the world, every job done, every nut and bolt on every aircraft needs to be tracked to a specific batch number where it was made at the factory, all with applicable certifications. Because of this, teaching students to do the job requires many individual skills. We’ll take the example of a burnt out lightbulb in the flight deck. It starts with the research required – it’s like starting a story board. Students need to start at the manuals, a Maintenance Manual that tells you how to change the light bulb (they’ll need this reference to sign it off). They’ll also have to look up the right part number for the bulb in a separate manual called an IPC. Get the light bulb with the traceability tag (again, they’ll need this to document the job after it’s done and tested). Finally, go to the aircraft, change the bulb. IF it works, they then begin the documentation of the job in the aircraft Journey Logbook which is a legal document that will be stored for the lifetime of that aircraft.
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