Airworthiness Status¶
Simple Aircraft Manager automatically calculates an overall airworthiness status for each aircraft based on multiple factors. This status is displayed as a color-coded badge throughout the application.
Status Levels¶
Status |
Color |
Meaning |
|---|---|---|
Airworthy |
Green |
All checks pass. No issues found. |
Caution |
Orange |
One or more items are approaching their limits. The aircraft can still fly, but attention is needed soon. |
Grounded |
Red |
One or more grounding conditions exist. The aircraft should not fly until the issues are resolved. The “Update Hours” button is disabled. |
How Status is Calculated¶
The system checks the following areas, in order. The overall status is determined by the most severe issue found:
1. Mandatory Bulletin Compliance¶
Only bulletins marked Mandatory (see ADs / Bulletins) are included in the airworthiness calculation. Optional/advisory bulletins (SAIBs, non-mandatory SBs, etc.) are tracked for reference but never affect status.
Red – Any mandatory bulletin is overdue (past its next-due date or hours), or has no compliance record at all.
Orange – Any mandatory bulletin is coming due within 10 flight hours or 30 calendar days of its limit.
Issue titles in the Airworthiness Issues card show the bulletin type prefix (e.g. “AD 2024-01-05 - Overdue”, “SB 300-27-01 - Due Soon”).
2. Grounding Squawks¶
Red – Any active squawk with priority “Ground Aircraft” (priority 0) exists.
3. Inspection Recurrency¶
Red – Any required recurring inspection is overdue (past its next-due date or hours).
Orange – Any inspection is coming due within 10 flight hours or 30 calendar days.
4. Component Replacement¶
Red – Any replacement-critical component has exceeded its replacement hours interval (hours since last OH/SVC >= replacement hours).
Orange – Any replacement-critical component is within 10 flight hours of its replacement interval.
Understanding the Issues Card¶
When issues exist, the Overview tab shows an Airworthiness Issues card listing each issue with:
Severity – Red (grounding) or orange (upcoming).
Category – Which system flagged the issue (AD Compliance, Inspection, Component, or Squawk).
Title – The specific item (e.g., “AD 2024-01-05” or “Annual Inspection”).
Description – Details about why it was flagged (e.g., “Overdue by 15 hours” or “Due in 8 hours”).
Aircraft Page Indicators¶
On the Aircraft page, each aircraft card shows:
The airworthiness badge with icon and text.
Issue counts – separate counts for grounding (red) and upcoming (orange) issues.
A colored border on the card matching the worst status.
Resolving Issues¶
To return an aircraft to green status, address each flagged issue:
Overdue mandatory bulletin – Record a compliance action on the ADs / Bulletins tab.
Grounding squawk – Resolve the squawk on the Squawks tab.
Overdue inspection – Record an inspection on the Inspections tab.
Component replacement due – Reset the service time on the Components tab, or replace/remove the component.
The airworthiness status recalculates automatically whenever you make changes.