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EASA, FAA & TCCA 21 Overview – Design & Production Aircraft Certification

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January 14, 2025

Steven Bentley

Introduction & Overview presented by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com EASA, FAA & TCCA all aim to ensure the safety of aviation products, their approaches differ in regulatory structure, approval systems, and how they handle parts manufacturing and international collaboration. EASA’s centralized European oversight contrasts with the FAA’s more delegated, industry-involved model, while TCCA blends elements…

EASA Part 21J Safety Management System – Workshop Task – Boeing 737 MAX Groundings

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January 13, 2025

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com EASA Part 21J – Workshop Task to understand the root causes associated with the Boeing Max Catastrophic Events and to focus on the Understanding of Design Shortfalls and Mitigations required to preclude similar recurrence in the future The failure to recognize the risk of a single-point failure in the AoA sensor…

Introduction to Safety Management Systems (SMS) in Both GACA and EASA Environments with Focus on Ground Operations

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January 10, 2025

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) (www.sassofia.com) considers key elements found in both the GACA and EASA Safety Management Systems (SMS) with Focus on Ground Operations While both GACA and EASA SMS frameworks share common objectives—such as proactive safety management, continuous monitoring, and the promotion of safety culture—there are distinct differences in how these objectives are implemented….

Aviation Weekly News Roundup – 10 January 2025

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January 10, 2025

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services shares the latest events in the Aviation business from around the world in our Aviation Weekly News Roundup: > Human Factors: A good airplane in a bad neighbourhood The airplane perches like a ballerina on ambitious floats, the cockpit far off the ground. It’s an eye-catching little beast: Clean white, deep red,…