Module Details

Module Code: TECH C1606
Module Title: Technical Aircraft Leasing and Management
Title: Technical Aircraft Leasing and Management
Module Level:: 8
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Cathal Nolan
Module Author:: Edmond Tobin
Domains:  
Module Description: To provide students with the knowledge and skills required to operate within the technical area of the aircraft leasing industry, manage engineering projects and to deal with ethical constraints in professional environments.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Appraise each of the major aircraft maintenance events and determine the equations used to compute the respective maintenance reserve rates.
LO2 Interrogate aircraft technical records to ensure compliance with the continuing airworthiness regulations.
LO3 Conduct a technical audit of a commercial aircraft and interpret the guidelines and best practices that ease the transferability of aircraft.
LO4 Apply project management skills to engineering projects.
LO5 Assess ethical constraints in professional environments and the ethical implications of decisions made by engineers
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Maintenance Reserves
- Maintenance Utility consumed - Maintenance reserves economics - Reserves for Airframe Inspections, major component restorations and LLPs - Effect of ageing aircraft - Sample lease contract/s - Managing the Contract - Maintenance reserves coverage and exposure
Airworthiness Directives
- Publication of AD’s - AD status listing, applicability, method of compliance. - AD Dirty Fingerprints
Part M
- ICAO-Chicago Convention - Part M-continuing airworthiness and where it fits in to Regulations - Part M-Subparts explained - CAMO’s
Aircraft Audits / Redeliveries
- Aircraft Audit -what’s expected. - Technical records administration - Component lists - Mods, SBs, STCs - Component Certificates - Aircraft Redelivery considerations - Closing gaps and understanding of what is vital and what “nice to have” - Traceability - Back to birth records – “dirty fingerprints” - Tech Log - Acceptable Deferred Defects Record - Maintenance programmes - Status of aircraft in relation to MPD - Company Maintenance programmes - Structural sampling – fleet programs, sampling, standalone aircraft
Project Management
Project management skills. Financial & scheduling tools. Organisational planning tools. Risk management: evaluating risks and control measures.
Entrepreneurship
Company & contract law. Business funding & finance. Start-up companies. Business plans.
Ethics
Safety, health and welfare of co-workers, clients, the public. Sustainable development & awareness of environmental issues. Intellectual property rights. Ethical constraints, ethical decision-making, ethical implications of engineering decisions.
Enterprise Information Systems
Management functions & organisational structure. Enterprise Resource Planning. Engineering Change Order.
Guest Lectures
There will be at least one guest lecture from a leading leasing company executive to cover the financial and legislative aspects of the industry
Safety Management Systems
ICAO Annex 19 Overview, Risk Assessments
Incident Response Planning
Overview of Critical Incident Stress Management system, Public relations and press releases, Media and communications, Roles & Responsibilities communicating through Social media
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Examination % of Total Mark 20
Timing Week 6 Learning Outcomes 1,2,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Mid term class test
Assessment Type Examination % of Total Mark 20
Timing Week 12 Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
End of term class test
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 60
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Students will complete projects / assignments, for example, a business plan for a start up company, an aircraft audit report, an Airworthiness Directive assessment report, a maintenance reserves report.
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description 12 Weeks per Stage 4.00 48
Independent Learning Time Non Contact No Description 15 Weeks per Stage 5.13 77
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
 
Module Resources
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Peter Morrell. (2013), Airline Finance.
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
Other Resources
  • Various. (2015), Aircraft Specific Lease Agreements, Various, Various.
  • Complete Aircraft Delivery and Maintenace Records.
Discussion Note: