Monitoring aircraft performance has come a long way since the days of the Wright Brothers when
performance was judged by fly-to-failure time. Today’s modern aircraft are monitored in a completely
different way. In this discussion activity, research aircraft monitoring systems, trend analysis, and trend
analysis tools, and discuss the following questions in your initial post:
- How can aircraft monitoring systems and trend analysis be used to effectively manage aircraft and
component maintenance? - What are the upper and lower control limits in trend analysis?
- How do component reliability trends affect the scheduled maintenance program?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with managing a trend analysis program?
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