Airbus Maintenance Procedure Authoring User Guide UG2200801 – A350 A320 A330/A340 A380 AMM MP Writing Standard

Description

Airbus Aircraft Maintenance Procedure (MP) Authoring User Guide UG2200801 – Issue G

This is the Airbus Aircraft Maintenance Procedure (MP) Authoring User Guide, document UG2200801, Issue G, released on 25 July 2024. It is the working rulebook used to write, structure, configure and publish maintenance procedures in the Airbus Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM), and it covers every Airbus programme in the current fleet envelope: the A350, the A320 Family, the A330/A340, the A380, the A330 Beluga XL and the A350 Freighter.

At 379 pages, this is not a summary or an extract. It is the complete authoring standard: the task structures, the tag libraries, the infocode and function code logic, the safety-information rules, the MPD linking workflow, the deactivation and reactivation rules, and the specific rules per maintenance procedure type (MP02 through MP14). If you write, review, validate or configure AMM maintenance content, this is the reference that governs how that content must read.

File Details

• Document type: Aircraft maintenance procedure authoring user guide / technical data authoring standard
• Document number: UG2200801
• Issue: G
• Release date: 25 July 2024
• Publisher: Airbus S.A.S. (document carries the Airbus SAS 2024 copyright notice)
• Applicable programmes: A350, A320 Family, A330/A340, A380, A330 Beluga XL, A350 Freighter
• Language: English
• Page count: 379 pages
• File format: PDF

Chapters Covered

• How to Read this UG
• Introduction – purpose, content, application of the latest rules, authoring and workflow tools
• General Policy Applicable to all Maintenance Tasks – interchangeability, Customer Originated Changes (COC), repairs and allowable damage and flight allowance, GRDAS workflow and flowchart, standalone changes, concessions, independent/double inspection, personnel qualification and skills, Maintenance Human Error Analysis (MHEA), non-publication of a task, deletion of a task invariant, use of source data
• Maintenance Task Structure – PMS structure for A350, page block structure for A320 Family and A330/A340 and A380, task title, task reference, subtask title, subtask reference
• Rules Applicable to all PMS – task structure, authoring of safety information, authoring of task associated data (job set-up information, FIN, zone, tool quantity), common information, reason for the job, job set-up information, job set-up, procedure, close-up, warnings and cautions and notes, typical sentences, location of controls and displays, cross references (internal and external), abbreviations and acronyms, attaching parts, safetying, lockwire, safety cables, torque values, illustration directives, circuit breakers, consumable materials, tools, highlights
• Maintenance Tasks Related to MPD Requirements – MPD definition and scope, MPD task definition, MPD related maintenance task preparation, MRB / MSI / SSI / Zonal source data, ALI, ISB, MPD deletion rules, job set-up, procedure, MP infocodes for scheduled tasks, EWIS rules, zonal rules, MPD task applicability, structural scheduled maintenance tasks, ALS Part 2, Temporary Protection System (TPS) application, additional rules for SDI
• Deactivation / Reactivation Tasks – general rules, MMEL/MCDL related tasks, non-MMEL/MCDL tasks, MMEL and MCDL source data, task structure, personnel required data, dispatch messages, placards, flying/deactivation parts
• Specific Rules for Cabin and Cargo Tasks – cabin ATA chapter tasks, Cargo Loading System (CLS) content definition, cabin and cargo access panels, cabin BFE and cabin monument disassembly/assembly page blocks
• MP02 Maintenance Practices – specific rules and task structure
• MP03 Servicing – specific rules and task structure
• MP04 Remove/Installation (LRU) – removal tasks, installation tasks, bonding, expendable parts, EXPD/EXPE/EXPEengine tags, test, replacement task
• MP14 Removal/Installation (LRI) – specific rules (A350 programme only)
• MP05 Adjustment/Test – operational test, functional test, adjustment tasks, system test
• MP06 Inspection/Check – inspection types, task structure for non-structural and structural MPD tasks, TPS requirement types, worked examples
• MP07 Cleaning and Painting – specific rules and task structure
• MP08 Repair – specific rules and task structure
• Data Loading – A350 data loading for MP03 and MP02, A380 On Board Maintenance System and Data Loading and Configuration System (DLCS)
• BITE (Built-In Test Equipment) – A350 BITE test authoring, A380 System BITE, BITE Description Document (BDD), reporting tables
• List of Infocodes / Function Codes
• Referenced Documents
• Glossary
• Contributors
• Record of Revisions

Taken together, these sections describe the complete lifecycle of a maintenance procedure: how a source data trigger arrives, how the task invariant and task solution are structured, how each paragraph is populated with tagged data, how safety information and typical sentences are selected, how circuit breakers, consumables, tools and torque values are called up, and how the finished task is published or withheld. The guide also carries the revision history back through Issues A to G, so you can see how individual authoring rules have changed over time.

Who the Airbus MP Authoring User Guide Is Written For

The audience is technical data authors, Technical Data Engineers, illustrators, verification and validation specialists, maintenance program engineers and anyone supporting AMM production on Airbus programmes. The rules are written to be applied rather than read once: each paragraph states a rule, often with a worked AMM example directly beneath it, so a specific question – how to tag a FIN, how to word a torque step, how to handle a concession, how to configure a subtask 865 – can be answered by going straight to the relevant paragraph.

Because the guide covers all four legacy programme families alongside the A350 and A330 Beluga XL, it is also a useful reference when content has to move between programmes, or when a rule that exists in one programme has to be reconciled with the structure used in another.

What Makes This Different from a Typical AMM

An AMM tells a mechanic what to do. This user guide tells the author how to write that instruction so it complies with the Airbus authoring standard. That means it deals in the machinery behind the text: infocodes and function codes, task and subtask references, configuration management, effectivity, applicability, tags, typical sentence codes and warning/caution codes. The GRDAS approval flow for repairs, allowable damage and flight allowances is set out step by step. The MPD linking workflows cover both the approved and not-approved trigger paths, including what must happen to a task when the source data changes between the two. The structural MPD rules explain how Temporary Protection System requirements are read from the source data and reflected in the task.

Get the Airbus MP Authoring User Guide UG2200801

With this guide on hand you can structure a maintenance task correctly from the first draft, apply the right infocode or function code for the job being described, tag the FINs, zones, tools, consumables, expendables and torque values the way the data assembly expects, and give the safety information the right wording at the right place. It supports the full range of MP types: maintenance practices, servicing, LRU and LRI removal and installation, adjustment and test, inspection and check, cleaning and painting, approved repair, deactivation and reactivation, data loading and BITE.

Knowing the rule rather than guessing at it is what keeps a task publishable, keeps effectivity and configuration management consistent, and keeps the finished procedure readable by the mechanic who has to work from it. Whether you are producing new tasks, revising existing ones for a modification or service bulletin, or checking whether a deleted MPD task should still be visible, the answer is in these pages.

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Delivery is instant. The file is a PDF download, so there is nothing to wait for and nothing to ship. Open it on a desktop, laptop, tablet or phone, print the paragraphs you work from most, and keep it alongside your authoring tool as the reference you check before a task goes out.