Maintenance Parameters

There are a number of settings related to maintenance tracking in MyFBO, and all can be changed by a Junior or Senior Administrator from Admin Tab options. 

Features and Options

1. Scheduling Features
• Overlapping Reservations for one Customer

Maintenance coming due estimates are based on reservations. Allowing overlapping customer reservations can affect these estimates.

• Require Estimated tach / air time for schedule durations greater than ? hours

This option is important because reservation length is one of the variables used by the system to estimate maintenance coming due. Longer reservations without estimated tach / air time can greatly affect these estimates.

Scheduling Features


2. Fleet Maintenance Features
• Fleet Maintenance Features Enabled

This option turns on the maintenance tracking option in your system.

• Track engine starts and hours

This option is used to enable tracking engine starts and hours data.

• Track maintenance on schedule creation

This option adds maintenance due estimates (TuM) to the top of the daily schedule as a scheduling tool. This option is not recommended to subscribers with larger schedules as it can slow schedule reload. 

Note: This option is simply a scheduling tool for dispatchers. It should not be used as a replacement for the more detailed and accurate information available from the Maintenance Menu.

• Exclude items marked Dispatch OK

This option relates to the one above by limiting maintenance due estimates shown on the daily schedule to only those that would block dispatch.

• Show Scheduling Priority on Customer Menu

This option is used to automatically recommend certain aircraft to customers for scheduling based on the best use of time remaining until maintenance is next due.

• Suppress Squawk Tracking

This option allows you to turn off the Squawk Tracking component of MyFBO if you prefer to use an external system for tracking squawks.

Fleet Maintenance Features

Format and Default Parameters

1. Maintenance Defaults
• Maintenance Menu

Allows you to set the order that aircraft are listed in menu drop-downs on the main Maintenance Menu.

• Maintenance Due Calendar

Allows you to set defaults for viewing the Maintenance Due report on the main Maintenance Menu.

• Maintenance Exceptions E-mail

  While not a full substitute for the reporting on the Maintenance Menu, the exceptions e-mail can serve as a daily reminder of upcoming maintenance requirements. The e-mail can be sent to multiple addresses.

• Use Factors

Use Factors are part of the calculation used to predict maintenance coming due based on reservations on file. 

Maintenance Defaults


2. Schedule

By default, open squawks are included as notes on the Daily Schedule. The option to Exclude Squawks can be used to turn off this option, and is recommended for subscribers with larger schedules to speed up schedule reload.

Schedule Format

Qualification and Limitations Parameters

When creating maintenance items to track, the option is included to block dispatch of an aircraft if a particular maintenance item is due. For this option to work, the related Qualification and Limitation Parameters must be set. These settings are found in the Qualification and Limitation Parameters under the Aircraft Maintenance Limitations section.

Dispatch Limitations

Dispatch and Check-in Parameters

There are a number of settings related to what maintenance and squawk information is included on dispatch tickets. These settings are found in the Dispatch and Check-in Parameters under the Pre-Dispatch Form and Dispatch Ticket Settings section.

Maintenance Information on Dispatch

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