Giving participants awareness of what aircraft scheduled maintenance is and how maintenance programs engineering organizations implement plans will highlight the necessary and positive collaboration between the aircraft manufacturer, airline operations, and government authorities. Through the discussion, the attendee will be introduced to the objectives of aircraft scheduled maintenance, the history of, the lifecycle of an aircraft program, components to acceptable means of compliance, the typical day in the life of the Aircraft Maintenance Programs Engineer, application of maintenance tasks in the field, and a high level view of the development and optimization of the Maintenance Review Board Report. The presentation will also highlight Airbus in the Americas and how the company supports the aircraft maintenance programs engineering function alongside industry stakeholders.