Audience: Aerospace quality teams and reviewers preparing AS9102 first article submissions.
Pre-review controls
- Confirm the drawing revision on Form 3 matches the package baseline.
- Verify balloon numbering is unique and mapped to the current print.
- Check each row has nominal, tolerance, and measured result populated.
- Ensure nonconforming results include clear disposition notes.
- Validate method and equipment references for key characteristics.
Reviewer checklist
- Sort by balloon number and scan for missing rows or duplicate identifiers.
- Review tolerance format consistency (plus-minus, limits, geometric callouts).
- Confirm pass/fail logic aligns to documented acceptance criteria.
- Check units are consistent across all characteristic rows.
- Confirm measurements are traceable to signed inspection records.
- Record final reviewer signoff and date for release history.
Fast rejection checks
- Row exists but measured value is blank.
- Result is present but tolerance source is ambiguous.
- Disposition is missing on out-of-tolerance results.
- Drawing revision in package does not match traveler or router.
Buyer-side metrics to watch in pilot
- Form 3 reviewer correction count per part before release.
- Time from first draft to customer-ready package signoff.
- Rate of revision/format issues found during final review.
- Traceability quality for each reported characteristic row.
Handoff tip
Keep one controlled export format between drawing ballooning output and your AS9102 workbook. Most release delays come from manual reformatting and version confusion, not metrology effort. This is especially important when quality leads are balancing speed, audit defensibility, and customer confidence at the same time.
For drawing-to-report setup, use the FAI ballooning checklist.