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Reliability
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Definition
An important element of maintenance support which usually forms a required part of any maintenance organization approval.
Data on the time in service of removed aircraft components is collected and shared with the OEM. Both are expected to carry out analysis of this data to provide awareness of issues relating to component life of inspection which might provide evidence of a case for change, whether within a particular maintenance organisation, across all the affected maintenance organizations or in OEM input. MTBF is an important benchmark in reliability and is slightly less than the duration which might be expected as ‘wear-out’ or ‘design life’ is approached because of the occurrence of ‘infant mortality’ in the period immediately following component installation - the so-called Bathtub Curve.