Releasing an aircraft back to service
How a defect or work order is cleared by a release that returns the aircraft to service and makes it bookable again, with the reason recorded and the reporter told.
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An aircraft that has been grounded or restricted does not just get marked available again. It is returned to service by a release, and that release is what makes it bookable.
A release, not a status flip
A defect cannot simply be set to closed, and a work order cannot simply be marked done. Each is cleared by a release that says the aircraft is fit to fly. That is what changes the aircraft's state back to serviceable and lets the schedule offer it again.
What the release records
The release records who returned the aircraft to service and when, against the defect or work order it clears. That history stays, so the fact the aircraft was grounded, and the fact it was released, are both on the record rather than overwritten.
The schedule reopens automatically
Once the release is made, the aircraft becomes bookable again in the calendar without anyone re-enabling it by hand, and the person who reported the original defect is told it has been cleared. The loop closes on its own.