Steven Bentley has been an Aviation Auditor for more than 25 years and this is what he says about acting like an aviation auditor.  “Being an effective auditor does not only depend on what you say, it also depends on how you portray yourself and how you are perceived by the auditee”. How to Dress?…

Essentially Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) is the exploitation of flight data to support an understanding of the various exposures, the knowledge of which, may successfully lead to the development of mitigations which can be employed to enhance flight safety. The FDM procedure document should as a minimum define and include procedures related to the following:…

Organisations particularly those who have a need to maintain compliance with the requirements of EASA regulations have to show an annual audit program which covers annually the entire spectrum of activities. A quality audit checklist is a quality record that demonstrates the criteria which has been evaluated and is a tool which supports and provides…

Firstly to understand that many of the fundamental beliefs which are held by auditees are entrenched in our core human values and the basic need that we feel to either be in or to be able to deliver control! In fact this story goes back to how even we attempt to cope as children with…