Following the tragic accident of TWA flight 800 a huge industry wide investigation took place. The four-year NTSB investigation concluded with the approval of the Aircraft Accident Report on August 23, 2000, ending the most extensive, complex, and costly air disaster investigation in United States history. The report’s conclusion was that the probable cause of…

An article by Steven Bentley Managing Director of Sofema Aviation Services Bringing your own regulatory  recurrent training in house delivers unique benefits which enable the organization to plan deliver and measure the effectiveness of its own training product. Something which can not be done the same when such trainings are outsourced. Currently Sofema Aviation Services …

The first advantage is one of control, you have immediately the opportunity to deliver the trainings to your own agenda. The second advantage is that you can develop organizational specific content which is very important to ensure that a specific rather than general understanding is encouraged within the work place. The third advantage which is…

An airworthiness directive (AD) is a notification to Type Certificate Holders (TCH), Supplemental Type Certificate Holders (STCH) owners and operators of certified Aircraft, Engines or Components. That a known safety related deficiency in respect of an aircraft, engine, or component has been found which must be corrected. Such correction may be based on compliance with…