The Boeing Company

Charles K Bautz, Jr

Anbessie A Yitbarek

Farshad T Doulatshahi

Blake Gibbons

Lois Hill

William Phillip Coop

Jose R Elias

Shella A Knoll

David Robert Tilzer

A method and apparatus for maintaining the airworthiness configuration of an aircraft. Airworthiness configuration information for an aircraft is identified by a data processing system. The airworthiness configuration information identifies an airworthiness configuration of the aircraft comprising a number of components of the aircraft. A number of automated identification technology devices are attached to the aircraft. The number of automated identification technology devices include component information for the number of components. The component information is read from the number of automated identification technology devices by a reader. The component information read from the number of automated identification technology devices is compared, by a processor unit, to the airworthiness configuration information to determine whether the aircraft complies with the airworthiness configuration.

Maintaining the airworthiness configuration of aircraft

Methods and systems for managing maintenance of a fleet of aircraft are provided. The method includes collecting data from at least one aircraft in each of the fleets related to the operation of the aircraft, determining a range of acceptable values of performance parameters associated with the collected data and based on the collected data, analyzing the collected data having values outside the range of acceptable values, and modifying at least one of a maintenance requirement and an interval between maintenance actions to facilitate reducing the number of performance parameters values that are outside the range of acceptable values during future operation of the aircraft.

Methods and systems for centrally managed maintenance program for aircraft fleets

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Charles K Bautz, Jr