Definition of term

Aeronautical Product
Any material, compound, fluid, component or part manufactured specifially fitment to an aircraft,
engine, or component.

COMAT (Company Material)

Any non-revenue cargo that is owned by or is for use by the operator, and is transported on the
operators aircraft.

Condition Monitoring (CM)

Condition monitoring is the process of monitoring a parameter of condition in machinery (vibration,
temperature, oil consumption, EGT margin deterioration, etc.), in order to identify a significant change
which is indicative of a developing fault. It is a major component of predictive maintenance.

Corrosion Prevention Control Program (CPCP)

Is a systematic approach for controlling corrosion in the aircraft primary structure.0

Dangerous Goods (DG)

Articles or subtance that are capable of posing a risk to health, safety, property or the environment, and
that are shown in the list of dangerous goods in the Technical Instructions or Dangerous Goods
Regulation (DGR), or are classified according to those Instructions or Regulations.

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

Procedures that outlina the precautions necessary for handling of ESD categorized aircraft parts.

FOD (Foregn Object Damage)

Damage to any part of an aircraft caused by impact, collision or contact with, or ingestion of, debris or
other items.

Hard Time (HT)

Hard Time processes mandated that all components be taken out of service when they reached a
specified age, expressed as the number of operating flight hours, flight cycles, calendar time, or other
stress units since new or since last shop visit.

Life-Limited Part (LLP)

Any part for which a mandatory replacement limit is specified in the type design, the Instructions for
Continued Airworthiness, or the maintenance manual.

Maintenance Steering Group (MSG)

The proceess that was created with a mandate to formulate a decision logic process used for
development of the initial scheduled maintenance requirements for new aircraft

Maintenance Steering Group (MSG-1)

Maintenance Evaluation and Program Development, which for the first time used a decision logic
diagram to develop the scheduled maintenance program.
Both HT and OC processes wer used for development of the aircrafts routine maintenance tasks.

Maintenance Steering Group (MSG-2)

Continued from MSG-1, MSG-2 decision logic was subsequently used to develop scheduled maintenance
programs for the aircraft.
Maintenance tasks were derived from one of three process: HT, OC, and CM
Maintenance Steering Group (MSG-3)
Improved from MSG-2 to address a new generation of advanced technology aircraft.
The work of ATA task force led to the development of a new task oriented, maintenance process.
The process adopted a decision tree methodology with the primary purpose of: a) Separating safety-
related items from economic, and b) defining adequate treatment of hidden fucktional failures.

National Aviation Authority (NAA)

The regulatory authority that govern civil aviation within a state.
Examples: DGCA, EASA, FAA

NOTOC (Notofocation to Captain)

Accurate and legible written or printed information provided to the pilot-in-command concering
dangerous good shipments or other spacial cargo that is to be carried onboard the aircraft.

On-Condition (OC)
The findings of the task force led to the development of a second primary maintenance process

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)

The original manufacturer of any hardware component or sub-component, including aircraft, aircraft
engines, aircraft components and other equipment used in operations.

Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA)

An Approval given to a manufacturer to produce an aircraft part.

Quarantine Area
An area set aside for holding parts or materials pending investigation or further action.
The area must be clearly defined and secured, preventing the removal of parts or materials until the
investigation or further action has been completed.

Receiving Inspection
The area of an organization that is responsible for receiving, checking, evaluating, and releasing to
service all new and repaired, overhauled and calibration aircraft parts, material, and tools.

Role of Maintenance
The role of scheduled maintenance is to cope with the failure process

Segregation
The state of separation or divition that must be maintained between aircraft and commercial
components, materials, or consumables as well as aircraft serviceable and unserviceable components,
materials, or consumables.

Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) Holder

The organization that has approval by the applicable NAA to modify a specific aircraft type.

Tooling & Calibration Systems

A system that records the holding and Calibration Details of calibration Tooling and Equipment used
during aircraft, aircraft engine and aircraft component maintenance.

Unserviceable
The state of an aircraft, engine, component, or any piece of equipment as being in a condition that does
not permit usage in operations.

Zero Time
Whereby the operating age was restored to a unity of zero by means of an averhaoul.