Defining FM CAIRs

Corrective Action Inspection Requests (CAIRs) are used to define the Fabric Maintenance (FM) work.

The following must be taken into account when defining CAIR Schedules.

The Rules

The following rules apply to CAIR Schedules:

Lifecycle Steps

The CAIR Schedule Lifecycle steps are: Create a Schedule for your Equipment – Fill in FM Checklist – Add Narrative - Add Attachments – Approve Schedule – Do the FM work – Credit in ECH – Fill FM Checklist - Approve ECH. Take note the CAIR Schedules cannot be recurring. 

This section will focus on explaining the steps in red.

Reviewing the Details Screen

To open an Inspection Schedule’s Details screen, click on the Schedule ID hyperlink. You can for instance find this on the Equipment Details Page in the Schedule section.

The Schedule details page can be divided into sections:

Header

The header of the detail page shows the name of the Schedule / Schedule ID and several navigation options. From here you can mark the Equipment for offline work, and you can create an ECH. For more information on the icons see IMS Details Page.

The Schedule details header.Header information and icons:

Icon	Action	Description
	Schedule Name	The Unique name of the Schedule.
	Active	If there is a green underline for the item name, it means the item is active. Inactive will show as “grey”.
	Event History	The Event History is the captured changes made in IMS by the specific users. Click to see the list of events that has been performed for this item.
	Seamie helper	On the detail screen a helper is available to lead the user through the important parts of every screen. Click on the helper icon, and IMS will briefly explain the important fields.
	Offline scope	Select for offline use.
	Pin	The "Pin" feature allows you to pin down all related objects (e.g. FLOC, Equipment, ECH) based on this record (Schedule). Via pinning the selected record – the Schedule in this case - can be retained in IMS while stepping through the Main Screen tabs, the data related to just this pinned Schedule will be shown. This makes it easy to see and find all related objects to the record.
	Reports	Generate a report.
	Action items	Add view and manage action items.
	Dock	Freeze the details section to the top when scrolling down.
	Print	Print specific sections of the page, click on the button to select sections you wish to add to the print.
	Previous and Next	Navigation feature for moving to a previous and next record from the overview.

Details

The Details section displays the following information (see the figure below):

1. At the top of the screen the Schedule can be Edited or Deleted. Only Schedules in draft mode can be deleted. Note: The Schedule is not active after creation. It will become active after the Schedule has been Approved. See Creating FMA Schedules (CAIR & Inspections) for more information on these fields.
2. The Inspection Function shows the Schedule Status, e.g. “Draft”, and the Schedule Event, e.g. “Sched Edit / New Insp”. See Approving, Editing and Deferring FMA Schedules for more information on this. It also shows the pending (i.e., not Approved) NID.
3. The SAP Release Date, Intrusive, Offline, are shown here. Note: The amount of time between the SAP release date and the date of the inspection / repairs is set up by the sites in agreement with maintenance and planners.
4. Dates taking part in the NID horserace for this Schedule (User Date and Event Date). To link to a Planned Event see Tying FMA Schedules to Upcoming Events.
5. The Approval button and status of the Schedule.

The CAIR Details section. 

Applicable Area

You can navigate to the AREA-FLOC from here.

Scope and plan codes

This is where the FMA work, which is to be performed on the applicable Equipment, is defined in terms of Plan Codes. The Scope and Plan Codes Section. Click Edit to fill in the Fabric Mtc Checklist. 

The Checklist.

Adding Observations

Observations can be added for the selected work. To do so click the three dots.

Click the three dots to add an Observation.

For the Observation you can add photos, attachments and comments. Photos and attachments can also be annotated (for more information on using annotations see IMS Details Page). 

Adding an Observation.

Drawings and Documents

You can search for and add relevant Drawings here.

Narrative / Scope of Schedule

A Narrative should be added to further explain the work that is to be done on the Equipment.

In edit mode the section is shown as a Rich Text Field (RTF) with several features.

When in Edit mode you can insert RTF or even add new RTF defaults. 

Rich Text Default

IMS offers the possibility to define rich text defaults for several sections in IMS. For more information see IMS Details Page.

Tasks

In this section specific tasks to itemize EI and ME tasks can be specified (including hold points).

Click + to add a Task.

Attachments

In this section pictures, drawings, reports, and other data can be uploaded and saved to be part of the Schedule file. You can also annotate these. For more information on using the Attachment section see IMS Details Page.