rdennard wrote:
Thanks for the update JR.
This got me to thinking about the monumental task you have been working on. During my 20+ years working the flightline in the USAF, every aircraft discrepancy was recorded on an AFTO Form 781A. (By the way... I cross-trained from "bomb loader" to avionics in '75.) To the best of my knowledge, the USAF still uses the '781s. For those that don't know, each page of the '781a is the size of a regular piece of paper and has three areas on each side of the page where you can enter the discrepancy information. When the discrepancy is fixed, the corrective action is documented on the form and the discrepancy is "signed off". The "781" also has other parts (781h, 781j, etc) to record other things about the aircraft... fueling, weight & balance, etc. This form is used out on the flightline to record everything that happens to the aircraft. All the active forms are kept in a binder that the maintenance folks use on a daily basis. Old/completed forms are "pulled" from the binder and archived. The "set" of 781 forms become a complete history of the aircraft. (I'm guessing these days the "pulled" forms are computerized.)
If you have been using 781s for Kay, I suspect that at some point in time the binder with "open" discrepancies would have been thick enough to reach the top of the hangar. (Fortunately the binder is getting a lot thinner.) So... my question for you is, how are you keeping track of everything on Kay. Is there a modern day computer equivalent of the old 781s? Or ???
That is a good call Bob but JR does have a handle on this. But it would be comforting and a bit nostalgic to use the 781. Ray, Stan, Mac, myself and our recently retired help, Bob, are all trained at this. Bob and I were QA (QC for you old timers) so forms management is in our blood. The 781 method would be useful but would require some modification (don't need job control and man numbers). But it would be nice to get a hold of a binder just for the authenticity of it.
Larry