Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) Maintenance Action Form (MAF) Cards ALRE MAF cards (fig. 6-4) are used on the VIDS boards  to  track  all  outstanding  work  center maintenance actions, both on the work center and maintenance control VIDS boards. Before any maintenance action is started, the responsible work center must notify maintenance control. At this time, work center and maintenance control MAF cards are initiated, each card will reflect identical information consisting of a job control number (JCN) and a brief description of the maintenance action to be performed; the work center also initiates a MAF at this time. The PRIORITY section of the card will also be color coded, as required, to indicate the system and maintenance status concerning equipment operational capability. These color codes are standardized as follows: Blue is  used  in  the  LIM  block  to  indicate  limited capability. Red  is  used  in  the  DN  block  to  indicate  that  the equipment is out of commission. No  Color  is  used  or  required  if  maintenance  is routine and does not affect equipment operability. Black is used when a maintenance action has been completed and inspected at the proper level and only a functional  check  remains  to  return  the  equipment  to service; a black line is drawn across all four blocks of the PRIORITY section. Similarly, the MS and QA blocks are provided on the MAF card to indicate requirements for maintenance support   augmentation   of   the   work   center   and/or QAI/CDQAI (not CDI) level inspection of the job. Jobs requiring  QAI/CDQAI  (not  CDI)  inspection  will  be reflected  with  a  MAF  card  on  the  quality  assurance (QA)   VIDS   board   and   job   requiring   maintenance support (MS) participation will be reflected on the MS VIDS board. The  MAF  card  is  then  placed  in  the  appropriate columns of the maintenance control, quality assurance, maintenance support, and work center VIDS boards, to indicate    the    maintenance    action's    current    status: in-work,   awaiting   maintenance,   or   awaiting   parts. Upon completion of the maintenance action, the MAF card is inverted to indicate that maintenance control is now  awaiting  a  completed  MAF  from  the  responsible work center. 6-7 JCN W/C JSN MRG QA MS DN LIM PRIORITY JULIAN DATE DISCREPANCY/PMS The MAF Card is locally produced and is used to monitor and manage the workload. Outstanding maintenance actions will be indicated by a MAF Card on both the M/C and w/c VIDS boards, as well as in QA and MS, when applicable. When the job is completed and reported to M/C, the MAF Card is simply reversed on the board to indicate "AWAITING MAF" until the 2-part MAF is completed, delivered to M/C, and signed off by the maintenance officer/maintenance control supervisor. M/C then discards the MAF Card and the w/c discards it upon receipt of the copy 2 MAF from M/C. QA will discard its MAF Card upon receipt of MAF copy 1. MS discards its MAF Card upon job completion and transfer of manhours to summary sheet. NOTE: The large, unused central portion of the front of the MAF Card may be modified locally to help track supply data, manhours, work start/stop, etc, If desired. ABEf604 Figure 6-4.—ALRE MAF card.