Standard Time Analysis for Military Aircraft Washing Operations

Considering that military aircraft washing has a variety of requirements and limitations, most of the works are completed in a manual way which costs more manpower and time. It is important and emphasized to set up reasonable standard time under the current downsizing of military personnel in different countries. This research studied a military aircraft washing operation at an air-force base in Hualien, Taiwan with stopwatch time study recording the time used in each section during the operation. Work sampling was adopted to develop standard time of operations. This research indeed proposed a latest and effective standard time of military aircraft washing operations for the reference of practical manpower preparation.