Patent ID: 8849690
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for determining feasibility of scheduling a next maintenance item, from maintenance items to be performed on airplanes, under unique combinations of time slots and unique combinations of the maintenance items, the computer implemented method comprising: identifying the maintenance items to be performed on the airplanes, wherein the maintenance items comprise a first category of critical maintenance items and a second category of non-critical maintenance items; identifying a parking location for each of the airplanes based on at least a space requirement of a maintenance station, defining time slots as work shift periods corresponding to aircraft maintenance technicians working on the maintenance items; prioritizing, by a processor, each of the maintenance items in accordance to: scheduling to the aircraft maintenance technicians and the time slots, an initial maintenance item, of the maintenance items, that has a highest priority from an airplane of the airplanes; selecting the next maintenance item, of the maintenance items, to be further assigned to the aircraft maintenance technicians, and, when the next maintenance item is not a first task of the airplane: