# Change which aircraft an inspection covers, or stop tracking it

> To add a tail from the console, open that aircraft and use Maintenance, then Add. To change the whole list or delete the rule, use Maintenance, then Set up. Deleting a rule stops tracking on every aircraft it covers.

Source: https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/maintenance/change-or-stop-tracking-an-inspection
Section: Maintenance and squawks. For: Owners, Admins, Technicians.

To put an inspection on one more tail, open that aircraft and use
`Maintenance → Add` (web console). To rework the whole list at once, use
**Choose aircraft** in the rule's **…** menu under `Maintenance → Inspection rules` (web console). To stop
tracking something altogether, delete the rule, which stops tracking it on every aircraft it
covers.

**Who can do this:** Owners, Admins, Technicians

## Add one aircraft to an inspection

From the console, work from the aircraft rather than from the rule.

1. **Open the aircraft**

   `Aircraft → the tail → Maintenance` (web console).

2. **Click Add on the Inspections card**

   The Add inspections dialog opens with this tail already fixed, so there is no
   **Applies to** list to get wrong.

3. **Set it up and fill in When was it last done?**

   This tail has its own history and its own meter. Enter the date and reading from the
   last time the work was performed on **this** aircraft. See
   [Set when an inspection was last done](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/maintenance/set-when-an-inspection-was-last-done).

## Change the whole list at once

1. **Open Maintenance, then Inspection rules**

   Find the rule. Rules are grouped into On the meter, Whichever comes first, On the calendar
   and One-off.

2. **Open the rule's … menu and pick Choose aircraft**

   Tail numbers are chips: click one to attach it, click an attached one to detach it.

3. **Set a starting point for any tail you just added**

   A **When was it last done?** box appears per newly added tail, for a meter reading or a
   date depending on how the rule counts. Leave it blank and that tail starts today. See
   [Set when an inspection was last done](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/maintenance/set-when-an-inspection-was-last-done).

4. **Click Save coverage**

   Removals are named on screen before you save, and confirmed again after.

The same sheet is on the app, at
`Maintenance → Set up → the rule` (mobile app).

## Editing the list replaces it, it does not add to it

> **Careful:** The list you save becomes the complete list of aircraft on that rule. Any tail you leave
> unticked is detached, and its open inspection is deleted. This looks like an ordinary
> multi-select you are adding to, and it is not. Check every tail that should stay before you
> save.

## Removing a tail deletes its open inspection

Detaching an aircraft removes the outstanding countdown for that tail and nothing else.
Everything already signed off stays on the aircraft's record and in the audit log.

If that open inspection was the last thing holding an automatic grounding on that aircraft,
the aircraft is returned to service at the same time.

## Stop tracking an inspection entirely

1. **Open Maintenance, then Inspection rules**

   Rules are grouped into On the meter, Whichever comes first, On the calendar and One-off.

   ![Maintenance, Inspection rules](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/maintenance-set-up.png)

2. **Unfold the rule first**

   Click the arrow beside the rule to list the aircraft it covers; the Aircraft column has the
   count. This is the one number that tells you how big the delete is.

3. **Choose Delete from the rule's … menu and read the confirmation**

   It reads "This stops tracking it on N aircraft. Work already signed off stays on the
   record."

4. **Click Delete**

   The rule and every outstanding inspection under it are removed, across the whole fleet.

> **Careful:** This is the biggest-consequence button on the page. One rule commonly covers every tail you
> own, so a single delete can stop maintenance tracking on the entire fleet. The count in the
> confirmation is easy to skim past.

## What deleting keeps

- Every signed-off inspection stays on the aircraft's record.
- One "Inspection removed" line is written to the audit log per affected aircraft, so you can see exactly what stopped being tracked and when.
- Any aircraft that this rule had grounded automatically, with nothing else outstanding, is returned to service.

## A rule on no aircraft never comes due

A rule with no tails attached is easy to miss under Inspection rules: it carries an amber
**On no aircraft** tag and a **Choose** button where the aircraft count would be. Nothing will ever fire from it and
nobody will ever be emailed about it.

The usual way to end up with one is on the phone, where **Add inspection** creates the rule
first and then sends you on to pick the aircraft. Abandon that second step and the rule
survives with no tails. Attach them with the **Choose** button on its row, as above.