System, method, and apparatus for scheduling aircraft maintenance events

US9008892B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Srinivas Bollapragada · Niskayuna, US
• Jon David Petersen · Austin, US
• Weiwei Chen · Beijing, CN
• Mark Thomas Harrington · Cheltenham, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 14, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C5/006
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for scheduling aircraft maintenance events. One system includes a user interface and at least one processor. The system is configured to receive an indication that an unscheduled maintenance event for an aircraft is to be scheduled, and to determine, using the at least one processor, a maintenance schedule for completing the unscheduled maintenance event on the aircraft, a modified flight schedule for the aircraft, and a modified aircraft schedule for the aircraft based on the unscheduled maintenance event, an initial flight schedule, an initial aircraft schedule, and at least one selectable parameter indicative of user preferences to reduce a total cost of operating the at least one aircraft. The system is configured to provide at least one of the maintenance schedule, the modified flight schedule, and the modified aircraft schedule to the user interface.