Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing worked example

First Article Inspection Load at 69% fair package and review allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the first article inspection load calculation on the strong side: 69% fair package and review allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. a quality engineer needs to plan AS9102 first article inspection effort for a new or revised aerospace part

The inputs for this scenario

  • Ballooned FAI characteristics: 265 characteristics (unchanged)
  • FAI verification pace: 3.2 characteristics/min (unchanged)
  • FAIR package and review allowance: 69 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 60)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base FAI verification time = ballooned characteristics รท FAI verification pace) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 140 FAI hr for total first article inspection load, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 82.81 FAI hr for base fai verification time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 69 % for fair package and review allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.2 characteristics/min for fai verification pace.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where fair package and review allowance sits at 60% and the headline result is 133 FAI hr, this scenario comes in 5.63% above the baseline at 140 FAI hr.
  • Use it when planning a new-part first article, quoting first-article NRE, or scheduling inspector capacity for an AS9102 submission. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Total first article inspection load: 140 FAI hr (headline result)
  • Base FAI verification time: 82.81 FAI hr
  • FAIR package and review allowance: 69 %
  • FAI verification pace: 3.2 characteristics/min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live First Article Inspection Load calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.