Coursework

1 - Written assignment (including essay) - 50

Final exam

2 - Written exam - 50

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The course is highly oriented to a sustainable approach to aviation and helping managers and engineers deal with that fundamental emerging functional requirement. There will be some practical sustainability theory, a clear elucidation of all the specific, holistic and ensuing economic problems to be solved with radical suggestions. Airline, airport and air traffic management industry have a role in this and participate in visits to pose a number of specific problems – which they then engage and judge on between the competing groups.  
The content of the module will also cover the regulatory framework including the role of international, regional and national aviation authorities such as ICAO, EASA, FAA and the UK CAA. 
Airworthiness and maintenance standards related to design, production, continuing airworthiness, sustainability, maintenance, maintenance training and aircraft maintenance license developed by these regulatory bodies will be reviewed. Environmental impact is now driving such associated regulations and actually revolutionizing the legal aviation landscape.
Safety and quality management systems and oversight of outsourced functions such as maintenance and continuing airworthiness tasks will be covered.  Maintenance error management, reporting and feedback systems as well as data sharing will be studied in this module. The course will include also material from EASA at the level of Director of Environment and Safety remit, to highlight the crucial degree towards current recognition of sustainability in through-life support. 
MSG3 methodology, Maintenance Review Board Process and the development and optimisation of operators’ maintenance programmes will be reviewed and analysed in conjunction with the operational reliability in airline operations including reliability programmes, which require collection and analysis of reliability data, identification of trends and implementation of corrective actions. The course also promotes the inclusion of sustainability requirements in those industry platforms and addressing such issues in the course material. 
All these regulations and operational and support elements will be couched in the general picture of aviation moving as fast as possible towards a sustainable future (Net Zero - 2050) and continuously updating the course material to address current issues, inspire your thinking through practical thinking and problem solving, and leading to course work group tasks judged by aviation industry captains.

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

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Aviation Maintenance Management

Airworthiness An Introduction to Aircraft Certification

Also many links will be provided on Moodle and updated on a regular basis.

EGM106 - Sustainable Airworthiness and Maintenance

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Lectures will provide the theory and the information about industry standards and practices related to airworthiness and maintenance of aircraft and they will aim to guide you for their self-directed study. Group discussions in some sessions will also aim to get you to work collaboratively to test your understanding. When necessary, tutorial sessions, either one-to-one, or as a group will be available to focus on areas which you need further support. Where possible (subject to security constraints), one or more visits to Aircraft Maintenance Organisations will be arranged.
Transferable Skills, Values and Attitudes are acquired through timely participation in the learning activities, like group exercises with reporting and presentation, in class problem solving and coursework.
In addition to the taught elements of the module there will be the need for private study. This time will be spent working on background reading, revision of notes, work on tutorial problems and coursework. Key learning and teaching resources will be put on the module website on the online learning environment “Moodle”. The module website also contains a “Grades” application where you can view your coursework marks.

Sustainable Airworthiness and Maintenance

Justify sustainable aviation and defend its achievement. (AHEP4 M7) 

Knowledge

Balance the operational demands such as aircraft availability and the need to ensure airworthiness of the fleet for safe operation by analysing aircraft systems for dispatch reliability, minimum equipment lists and operating costs. (AHEP M4, M5, M6) 

Skills

Manage tasks related to this discipline, following specifications and meeting deadlines. (AHEP4 M17) 

Values and attitudes

Reflect appropriately upon lectures and demonstrations attended during the module. (AHEP4 M18) 

Justify the need for executive sustainable management in a company. (AHEP4 M7) 

Demonstrate and plan human factors principles in aircraft maintenance and critically analyse the effect of maintenance error on operation and costs. (AHEP4 M3, M8, M9) 

Evaluate different types of sustainable maintenance and how the maintenance checks and tasks are managed based on regulatory requirements as well as system reliability, life limits and safety constraints. (AHEP4 M2, M3, M4, M6, M9, M14) 

Critique the roles of the stakeholders in particularly related to sustainable aviation, aircraft design, production, operation and maintenance. (AHEP4 M5, M6) 

Explain the need for balancing safety and commercial viability and make risk-based decisions while planning resource, prioritising, and assessing the advantages and disadvantages of contracting out maintenance and other activities. (AHEP4 M4, M5, M6) 

Develop and implement effective and efficient processes not only to comply with the regulatory requirements but also to achieve commercial viability within an airline or maintenance organisation.(AHEP4 M1, M4, M5, M9, M13, M14) 

Value the impact of different operating profiles and aircraft utilisation strategies on the continued development of maintenance programmes. (AHEP4 M1, M7) 