The Canadian Air Force has established the Maintenance Analysis Centre (MAC) to act as the center of expertise for maintenance analysis activities within the air force. For the past six years, the MAC has developed expertise and processes to look at in-service support for legacy fleets and equipment within the inventory. The MAC also provides specialist support for special projects with respect to improving maintenance performance within unit organizations, and approval of changes to approved maintenance programs.

The presentation will describe two initiatives:

• The application of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) logic processes to legacy aircraft scheduled preventive maintenance programs.
   
• The development of an automated trend monitoring system to screen in-service failure data.

The presentation will highlight the practical challenges in balancing the wants of the user community with the need for accuracy and accountability in an increasingly regulated environment.