November SNA(C)GS- A QUICK REVIEW

November 2019-A Quick review

10 BIRD HITS,02 HARD LANDINGS AND 14 FUEL FILTERs replacement due Filter Clog warning were, in fact,need improved maintenance especially when we talk about Fuel Filters.

Airlines spent millions of dollar to service and retrieve the aircraft after the No Go Snag or the Bird Hits which are beyond our control but still we can file the case against Airport Authorities where incident of Bird Hits is a frequent phenomenon eg we encountered Bird Hit at VGA at 3 occasions in night time.

Fuel Filter Clog warning is another issue which forced us placement of Filters at many stations just to minimise the grounding time but it is not the remedy.The remedial action is yet to be initiated from the respective bases of Air Bus fleet.

Inspite of repititive instructions & QC circulars; recurring of CLoG related warnings,delays and subsequent filter replacement are self explanatory that water/Fuel sampling is not being done meticulously.

Above three snags reduced our production at least by 7% and we never meet our projected target of production this month and always short by 4 or 5 aircrafts(ie 93% of production target).

We can certainly improve by minimising our Groundings at this TWO Accounts:-

HARD LANDING and
FUEL FILTER CLOG WARNING

BIRD HITS not in our control but certainly we have to raise the concern at an appropriate forum and project the losses at this account.Airport authority may be made accountable for not meeting the Airport standard by minimising birds flying over the airport.

Fuel filter related snag must be kept at minimum by taking time bound initiative that involves a proactive role of Shift Incharges and Foremen.

The third and very important aspects to improve the health of our fleet by identifying the snags based on CLIMATE CHANGE
(Weather bound snag on our fleet eg snag of pack & bleed increases with rising temperatures in Northern India whereas no facilities are available at SXR to retrieve our aircraft when held up in snow at winter inspite of 2 to 3 Groundings at this occasions at SXR since two years).

Hence placement of spares at all our maintenance bases after identifying their roles in type of snags keep appearing based on climate change will definitely help in improving the fleet performance.

The last but most importantly is reducing the MEL related C/F snag.

This can be minimised by placing the spares at first available opportunities at base by routing the aircraft there immediately once any snag is reported anywhere at our network.

C/F must be controlled through one center and may be proposed to effectively done by MCC as it is done worldwide Airliners.

The synopsis of November snags are still awaiting see you soon guys.

Regards,
-pramodara