A brief introduction to certification terms to be found in the Continuous Airworthiness Management of EASA compliant aircraft. Presented by Steven Bentley – MD Sofema Aviation Services. The Type Certificate Holder (TCH) is responsible to the regulator of the state of the designer to deliver an aircraft which is fully compliant with the System and…

Please be very careful when you see the terms AR and or OR in connection with EASA Part Operations regulations as these terms are now redundant. Steven Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services explains further How it Was going to be – Part AR  – The key elements of Part-AR included the oversight of all…

An article by Steven Bentley of Sofema Aviation Services reviewing impending changes to the Safety Management System processes within European Operations and MRO’s and the States. EASA has mandated the requirements for the implementation of Safety management Systems and processes with community operators and maintainers. Part OPS Gen 200 provides Acceptable Means of Compliance –…

A briefing document  presented by Steven Bentley  The MSG (Maintenance Steering Group) Logic Process is now over 40 years oId.  (MSG-3 is 30 years old) Consider that if we extrapolate backwards from the introduction of MSG we reach the 1930’s. During the early days of aviation, maintenance programs were simple and without any real analytical…