COMMENTARY>>TEAM LITTLE ROCK SCORECARD

The leaders of the 314th Maintenance Group focus on the metrics in the table below, along with other key indicators, to determine how well they’re meeting their mission objective, to provide expertly maintained, mission-ready aircraft to support training of the world’s best C-130E combat airlifters to fly, fight and win. They use these metrics to help identify problem areas and focus improvement efforts to ensure the best possible support to the 314th Airlift Wing’s C-130 aircrew training mission.

Mission capable rates are an assessment of an aircraft’s ability to perform its assigned peacetime or wartime mission(s).

Availability rates are the degree to which one can expect an aircraft to work properly when it is required. Abort rates are the number of air aborts plus ground aborts occurring per total number of sorties.

The MC rates, AA rates, and abort rates are current from Jan. 1 to March 9.

MC Rate MC Standard

C-130E 79.7 percent 75 percent

C-130J 83.8 percent 80 percent

AA Rate AA Standard

C-130E 17 percent 15 percent

C-130J 5.7 percent 5.2 percent

Abort Rate Abort Standard

C-130E 12.9 percent 13 percent

C-130J 5.2 percent 5 percent

Current as of Monday