ARINC 434 : 2006

1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose and Goals
1.2 Scope
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Related Documents
2.0 COMMUNICATION
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Customer Fault Reporting
2.3 Suppliers to Customers
2.4 Customers to Suppliers
2.5 Customer to Customer
2.6 Knowledge Database
3.0 PROCUREMENT AND INITIAL SERVICE OF
     A NEW SYNTHETIC TRAINING DEVICE
3.1 Aircraft Contracts
3.2 Specification
3.3 Site Survey/ Facility Requirements
3.4 STD Design and Build
3.5 Initial Spares
3.6 In-Plant Acceptance
3.7 Site Installation
3.8 Customer Site Acceptance
3.9 Initial Regulatory Qualification
3.10 Ready for Training
3.11 Contractual Availability Demonstration
3.12 Field Service Representative
4.0 DOCUMENTATION
4.1 Initial Documentation Delivered by Manufacturer
4.2 Documentation Revisions
5.0 TECHNICAL AND INSTRUCTOR TRAINING
5.1 Technical Staff Training
5.2 STD Crew Instructor Training
6.0 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Configuration Control Guidelines - Initial Acceptance
6.3 Configuration Control Guidelines - RFT
6.4 Configuration Control Guidelines - Post RFT
6.5 Compatibility
6.6 Tracking Changes in the Modeled Aircraft
7.0 SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE
7.1 Preventive Maintenance
7.2 Other Scheduled Maintenance Activities
7.3 Aging Components Issues
7.4 Emergency Preparedness Recovery
8.0 UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE
8.1 General
8.2 Troubleshooting
8.3 Deferred Maintenance
9.0 SPARES AND CONSUMABLES MANAGEMENT
9.1 General
9.2 Initial Spares
9.3 Repair
9.4 Last Time Buy
9.5 Component Level Repair Versus LRU Repair
10.0 OBSOLESCENCE MANAGEMENT
10.1 Obsolescence, Notification, and Minimizing Cost
10.2 Obsolescence Resolution
11.0 STD IMPROVEMENTS
11.1 General
11.2 New Equipment or Systems
11.3 Relocation
11.4 Change of Regulatory Approval Level
11.5 New Visual Data Base
12.0 HIBERNATION/RELOCATION/DECOMMISSIONING
12.1 Hibernation
12.2 Detailed Breakdown of Considerations
12.3 Subsystem Special Considerations
12.4 Facilities
12.5 Return to Service
12.6 Relocation
12.7 Decommissioning
12.8 Environmental Consideration
13.0 SOFTWARE QUALITY
13.1 General
13.2 Establishment of Software Quality
14.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE
14.1 Introduction
14.2 STD Health Metrics
14.3 STD Maintenance Cost Metrics
14.4 Combining STD Health and Cost Metrics
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Representative Preventive Maintenance
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Attachment 2 - Preventive Maintenance Log
Attachment 3 - Grounding Checks
APPENDICES
Appendix A - Glossary
Appendix B - Visual Model Acceptance Checklist

Gives practical recommendations, based on the collective experience of the Synthetic Training Device (STD) community, for improving operational reliability and maintainability throughout the life cycle of a training device.