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Do aviation parts have traceability? Like a serial number or qr code that can be used to identify suspect components?

ramses0 2y ago
LoL, I think aviation traceability goes down to which licensed individual installed each screw down to the date, time, hour, and minute. Further traceability goes back into the parts inventory, where I'm not sure of the commingling requirements on something like screws, but (eg) brake pads would almost certainly be traceable to the supplier and then manufacturer. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fdisciplesofflight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2FLogbook_Page.jpg&tbnid=3YmLDxYI0v2TcM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fnorthlineschool.org%2F%3Fe%3Dflying-aircraft-documents-easa-and-faa-merged-zz-DNQyMjTe&docid=yPJqJn91fPKgUM&w=720&h=480&itg=1&hl=en-us&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F3&kgs=d5c0565073cc903a&shem=abme%2Ctrie https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fdisciples...
- sofixa 2y ago
  Supposedly, anyway. You also have the lovely incompetent folks at Boeing who can't even tell you who worked on removing a plug door and who forgot to put back the bolts holding it down. Thankfully that's a crime though, so hopefully someone (ideally both the fools who did this, and all their managers and managers' managers that cultivated such a culture to allow for such a thing to happen) will go to prison over it.
constantcrying 2y ago
>Do aviation parts have traceability? Like a serial number or qr code that can be used to identify suspect components? Are you kidding? I doubt there is a single industry which empathizes traceability more than aerospace.
- 1992spacemovie 2y ago
  > Are you kidding? He’s not kidding - just ignorant. Another long running comment on HN where folks think every other industry is as fucked as tech.
- reaperman 2y ago
  Maybe biomedical devices or pharmaceuticals. I'm not sure but they're at least competitive in that ranking.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
    Nope. I work in medical devices and aviation has higher levels of traceability, at least in software anyway.

LoL, I think aviation traceability goes down to which licensed individual installed each screw down to the date, time, hour, and minute. Further traceability goes back into the parts inventory, where I'm not sure of the commingling requirements on something like screws, but (eg) brake pads would almost certainly be traceable to the supplier and then manufacturer. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fdisciplesofflight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2FLogbook_Page.jpg&tbnid=3YmLDxYI0v2TcM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fnorthlineschool.org%2F%3Fe%3Dflying-aircraft-documents-easa-and-faa-merged-zz-DNQyMjTe&docid=yPJqJn91fPKgUM&w=720&h=480&itg=1&hl=en-us&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F3&kgs=d5c0565073cc903a&shem=abme%2Ctrie https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fdisciples...

sofixa 2y ago
Supposedly, anyway. You also have the lovely incompetent folks at Boeing who can't even tell you who worked on removing a plug door and who forgot to put back the bolts holding it down. Thankfully that's a crime though, so hopefully someone (ideally both the fools who did this, and all their managers and managers' managers that cultivated such a culture to allow for such a thing to happen) will go to prison over it.

constantcrying 2y ago

>Do aviation parts have traceability? Like a serial number or qr code that can be used to identify suspect components? Are you kidding? I doubt there is a single industry which empathizes traceability more than aerospace.

1992spacemovie 2y ago
> Are you kidding? He’s not kidding - just ignorant. Another long running comment on HN where folks think every other industry is as fucked as tech.
reaperman 2y ago
Maybe biomedical devices or pharmaceuticals. I'm not sure but they're at least competitive in that ranking.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago
  Nope. I work in medical devices and aviation has higher levels of traceability, at least in software anyway.