Review the Following Details of ageing aircraft system requirements with any specified sampling programmes, (if applicable) Details of specific structural maintenance programmes, (if applicable), including but not limited to: a. Damage Tolerance and Supplemental Structural Inspection Programmes (SSID) SUPPLEMENTAL STRUCTURAL INSPECTION PROGRAMME (SSIP) Increased utilisation, longer operational lives, and the high safety demands imposed on…

Introduction Type Certificates A type certificate is issued to signify the airworthiness of an aircraft manufacturing design or “type”. (A type certificate is issued by the National Aviation Authority (NAA) of the State of the Operator stating the airworthiness standard for the aircraft type, model, aircraft engine or propeller.) Prototypes are typically developed and used…

Sofema Aviation Services Presents: Certification Specification 25 (CS 25) Training Course Training Confirmed! Come for a session and Visit Sofia! Where & When is the Course? SAS Training Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria – January 21st – January 25th, 2019 Who is the Course for? The course is intended for personnel involved in the design of changes…

Steven Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services believes it is time to recognize Quality (QAS) as a component of our organisations SMS. Where Should an EASA Compliant Quality Assurance System “Sit” in relation to the Organisations SMS? Introduction Historically (and growing up in the workplace through the 1970’s I can attest to the fact) there…