FOMS Menu 135 (Direct Operating Costs Fields)

Field

Description

ALC

Enter the airline code. This field is used to identify the airline code whose costs are represented in the database. In most cases, the user can simply press enter in this field, which will result in the field being defaulted to the customer’s primary ALC. In cases where customers are using the system to manage multiple ALCs, the user must enter the appropriate ALC.

FIN/Registration

Enter the FIN if known. This entry is optional. The associated registration will be displayed. The DOC database allows users to maintain a cost database for specific aircraft in their fleet stored by FIN number. If the user wishes to store the DOC for a specific FIN then they must enter the FIN number in this field. When a qualified FIN number is entered the registration, aircraft type, series, and engines data is auto populated using data from the Aircraft Characteristics Record (ACR).

Aircraft Type/Series/Engine

The DOC database can be configured to store DOC data for a specific aircraft type. Users can enter the aircraft type directly into the field or use the FOMS search feature to search for the type they wish to use. Once a type has been entered, the user will be required to verify the series and engine combination. If the series and/or engines presented are not the desired values, the user can enter the values directly or use the FOMS search feature to find the values desired. This field is a mandatory field. Enter <?> to use the search function for the Series and Engine fields.

Currency Unit

This field is used to set the currency unit for the data being stored. When the data is used in the flight planning process the currency costs data will be converted to the customers local currency based on this entry. All supported currencies are shown in the following table (click to expand) .

Apply To

This allows you to select if the costs will apply to the entire flight from departure to landing (Entire Flight) or if the costs will apply only to the flight time added to the originally scheduled time (Time Above Scheduled Block).

Captain

Enter the cost per hour for the Captain.

F/O

Enter the cost per hour for the First Officer.

F/E

Enter the cost per hour for the Flight Engineer.

Cabin

Enter the cost per hour for the Cabin Crew.

Insurance

Enter the cost per hour for insurance.

Airframe Mx

Enter the cost per hour for airframe maintenance.

Engine Mx

Enter the cost per hour for engine maintenance.

Mx Burden

Enter the cost per hour for the maintenance burden.

Other

Enter the cost per hour for any other item.

Note: As a shortcut, you can enter the total direct operating cost into the Other field, leaving the rest of the Direct Operating Cost fields blank.

Total DOC

This field displays the total direct operating cost once the fields above it have been completed.

Updated

This field is for display only, and will record the current system date when the record is saved to disk.

Source

Enter your initials to indicate the source of the information.

Rate

Enter the cost of the delay per hour.

Max

Enter the maximum cost to be used. This value will be used even if the actual delay cost exceeds this value.

No Cost Threshold

Enter the time in minutes when delay costs begin to occur.

Startup Cost

Enter a fixed value for Startup cost, this is typically the fixed cost for starting the aircraft engine.

This value will not contribute to the Optimum CI determination but will be added as part of the total flight cost.  Use the Other field to combine values into a single hourly operating cost that is used instead of separate operating values.