Determine What Maintenance Factors Impact Aircraft Availability

Motivation for this research came from the fact that I am a retired Air Force Maintenance Superintendent and currently employed as a Logistics and Sustainment Management Specialist. I am very interested in understanding how aircraft maintenance supports an increasing dependency on technology. Specifically, are current maintenance management practices keeping pace with evolving global sustainment capabilities that enhance an organizations aircraft availability?  

This research will examine several key factors to illustrate air vehicle efficiency that manufactures have implemented to minimize repair requirements and down time. Additionally, the research will look to understand sustainment support strategies that aim to reduce the logistic footprint, infrastructure, and support requirements. Finally, focusing attention on maintenance will assess whether or not legacy practices support or stagnate the manufactures efforts to design- in system efficiencies.  

A principal source of information for this research will be extracted from Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR).  

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). (2014, October 27). Title 14 Aeronautics and Space. Retrieved from: http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title14/14tab_02.tpl