Predictika · GE Aerospace LEAP and GEnx flight-hour service agreements
A sales agent prepares a flight-hour service agreement for an airline's LEAP or GEnx engines and says it is ready to send. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika's validator, which checks the engine against the airframe, the fleet, the utilization, the region, the term, the spare engines and the discount together, prices the agreement, and reports every problem it finds in one pass.
This validator checks any LEAP or GEnx flight-hour agreement of this kind against the rules below, not just the scenarios shown.
Any LEAP or GEnx flight-hour agreement that touches these rules is in scope, not only the scenarios pictured here. Not checked: the accuracy of the facts the sales agent states, financing, taxes, shop-visit scheduling, other engine types and contract terms beyond those listed.
7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch
Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.
Proposing agent: sales agent (scripted)
Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run
What this means
Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, one rule per field) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.
| What the validator caught | A rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| A price built from several multiplying factors | Only with workarounds The rate per flight hour multiplies a leg factor, a derate factor, a region factor and a term factor, each from a different table, so someone has to keep every table and the order of calculation in step. | The factors and the price are computed together from the request, and the figures come back with the verdict. |
| A requirement that depends on fleet size | Only with care The spare engines an availability guarantee needs depend on the number of installed engines, rounded up, so a fixed rule is wrong for every fleet but one. | The spare engines needed are computed from the fleet in the same request, and the finding names the number required. |
| Limits that depend on each other | Only with care Engine, airframe, thrust, region and term each have their own limits, and the A321neo thrust rule only applies to one engine family, so the rule list multiplies. | Engine, airframe, region, term and fleet are fields of one request and are re-evaluated together on every call. |
| A block that is also an approval | Only with workarounds A discount of 5 percent needs approval and a discount of 10 percent is blocked, and a sub-fleet needs a different approver, so each needs its own guarded rule. | Blocks and approvals come back together, each with its reason, and the verdict follows from both. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Form checks usually stop at the first failing field, so the sales agent fixes one error and meets the next. | All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in. |
Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.
| 1 | The engine family must match the airframe: a LEAP-1A on an A320neo or A321neo, a LEAP-1B on a 737 MAX, a GEnx-1B on a 787, a GEnx-2B on a 747-8. |
| 2 | An A321neo needs a LEAP-1A rated at 32,000 lbf thrust or more. |
| 3 | The agreement term must be 5 to 15 years. |
| 4 | Utilization may not exceed 4,500 flight hours per engine per year; under 1,000 hours a year needs minimum-annual-charge approval. |
| 5 | A LEAP engine outside a temperate region needs the durability kit. |
| 6 | The agreement needs at least 2 installed engines; a sub-fleet of 2 to 5 engines needs deal desk approval. |
| 7 | An availability guarantee needs one spare engine for every 12 installed engines, rounded up. |
| 8 | A discount above 3 percent needs approval, and a discount above 8 percent is blocked. |
| 9 | The rate is the engine base rate times the flight-leg, derate, region and term factors, plus the parts (LLP) rate, less the discount, times flight hours, fleet size and term, plus the durability kit per engine. |
The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.
The agent's request. Please check this flight-hour service agreement for Calder Air: 30 engines, LEAP-1A26, on A321neo aircraft, flown 5,000 hours and 2,000 cycles per engine each year, in a temperate region, on a 20-year term, with engine overhaul parts cover and an availability guarantee backed by one spare engine. It is ready to send to the customer.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please check this flight-hour service agreement for Calder Air: 30 engines, LEAP-1A32, on A321neo aircraft, flown 4,000 hours and 1,600 cycles per engine each year, in a temperate region, on a 12-year term, with engine overhaul parts cover, a 5 percent discount and an availability guarantee backed by one spare engine. It is ready to send to the customer.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please check this flight-hour service agreement for Calder Air: 30 engines, LEAP-1A32, on A321neo aircraft, flown 4,000 hours and 1,600 cycles per engine each year, in a temperate region, on a 12-year term, with engine overhaul parts cover, a 3 percent discount and an availability guarantee backed by three spare engines. It is ready to send to the customer.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please check this flight-hour service agreement for Calder Air: 1 engines, GEnx-1B70, on A321neo aircraft, flown 3,000 hours and 1,500 cycles per engine each year, in a temperate region, on a 10-year term, with a 10 percent discount. It is ready to send to the customer.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please check this flight-hour service agreement for Calder Air: 4 engines, LEAP-1A32, on A321neo aircraft, flown 3,000 hours and 1,500 cycles per engine each year, in a temperate region, on a 10-year term, with a 5 percent discount. It is ready to send to the customer.
Verdict: Needs approval.
The agent's request. Please check this flight-hour service agreement for Calder Air: 20 engines, LEAP-1B28, on 737 MAX aircraft, flown 3,000 hours and 1,500 cycles per engine each year, in a sandy region, on a 10-year term. It is ready to send to the customer.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please check this flight-hour service agreement for Calder Air: 20 engines, LEAP-1B28, on 737 MAX aircraft, flown 3,000 hours and 1,500 cycles per engine each year, in a sandy region, on a 10-year term, with the durability kit added. It is ready to send to the customer.
Verdict: Allowed.
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