Every non-routine task raised, tracked and billed — at the aircraft
A US MRO raising several hundred findings on a typical base visit moved its non-routine tasks off paper and onto OASES — and turned its biggest source of schedule risk into its clearest source of data.
- ✓Findings raised against the work order at the point of discovery
- ✓Parts, labour and sign-off attached to the task itself
- ✓Customer approval thresholds and billing status on the same record
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From paper task cards to a live view of every open finding
An independent US Part-145 MRO — three line stations and a two-bay heavy check facility in the Southeast — raises several hundred non-routine tasks on a typical base visit.
The challenge
Findings were raised on paper task cards, hand-carried to planning and keyed in hours later. Supervisors could not see how many non-routine tasks were open on an aircraft, and labour booked against them was routinely under-recorded — and under-billed.
Choosing OASES
OASES was chosen for raising non-routine tasks against the work order at the point of discovery, with parts, labour and sign-off attached to the task itself. Approval thresholds and billing status sit on the same record.
Going live
A sixteen-week rollout put non-routine task raising on tablets at the aircraft, mapped approval limits to each customer contract, and trained 60 mechanics and supervisors. The first heavy check afterwards ran fully paperless for non-routine work.
Looking ahead
With two years of structured findings history, the MRO now quotes checks from its own data rather than estimates — and is exploring OASES Insights to flag recurring defects by tail and by zone.
We used to find out how bad a check was going at the end of it. Now every non-routine task is on the system the moment it is raised — the customer sees it, and we bill for it.
One record per task — parts, labour, approval and sign-off
Raised on a tablet at the aircraft, visible to planning and the customer the moment it is logged.
Non-routine task control
Raise a finding against the work order as it is discovered, with zone, defect type, photos and the labour booked against it.
Customer approvals
Contract-specific approval thresholds route work for sign-off automatically, so nothing stalls and nothing goes unbilled.
Airworthiness management
Airworthiness directive and service bulletin tracking, with compliance status across the fleet in one place.
Maintenance planning
Forecast checks, build work packages and see the labour and parts a visit will actually need.
Components & LLPs
Full life history, position and expiry for every component and life-limited part in a single database.
OASES Insights
Reporting and dashboards built on your own maintenance data — recurring defects by tail, by zone, by check.
Common questions
How long does implementation take?
It depends on scope and data volume. The MRO in this case study went live in sixteen weeks, including record migration, configuration and training.
Will it fit our existing Part-145 procedures?
OASES is configured to your approved procedures rather than the other way round — maintenance programmes, approval limits and sign-off rules are all mapped during implementation.
Can we migrate historical records?
Yes. Migration and validation of legacy records is a standard part of the implementation, with a parallel-running period before the old system is retired.
How much training do mechanics need?
Raising a non-routine task is designed to be quicker than filling in a card. Structured training is delivered to mechanics, supervisors and planners before go-live.
Is OASES suitable for a smaller organisation?
Yes. OASES is used by organisations from around a hundred people up to major carriers, with the same service model applied at every size.
Does it work away from the hangar network?
OASES is accessible on any device, and line stations work to the same records as the base facility.
See it against your own check profile
Thirty minutes, no slideware — we walk through how a non-routine task moves from the aircraft to the invoice.
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