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Implementing a Safety Management System within an EASA Part 145 Organisation

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Implementing a safety management system

March 18, 2021

Steven Bentley

Implementing a safety management system within an EASA Part 145 Organisation – Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) provides insight! Do we agree on the purpose of an Aviation SMS? According to ICAO – ICAO Doc 9859 para 2.13.2 – ‘A hazard is generically defined by safety practitioners as a condition or an object with the potential…

Aviation Emergency Response Activation & Control Checklist

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Aviation Emergency

March 15, 2021

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com presents a structure of key events to build an Aviation Emergency Response Checklist. Phase 1 Activation On receipt of notification, obtain details as much as possible and forward the copy of ERP Occurrence Report to On-Site to Ground Handling Agent. Ensure Ops Control Center has verified the information with both…

Optimising Lighting for Aircraft Inspection – General Visual & Detailed Visual Inspections

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Visual Inspections

March 12, 2021

Steven Bentley

Optimising Lighting for Aircraft Inspection – General Visual & Detailed Visual Inspections – Review by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com Introduction to Performing Effective Inspection It is extremely important to ensure maintenance is conducted under proper lighting conditions. This is true both for area lighting, that which illuminates the full working area, and task lighting,…

Importing an Aircraft into an EASA Jurisdiction – What are Bridging Checks?

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EASA Jurisdiction

March 09, 2021

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com takes a look at the fundamentals – Importing an Aircraft into an EASA Jurisdiction Introduction The key to understanding the Bridging Process is to understand that the MSG 3 AMP is a task-based Program and each task may be considered in isolation as a “Stand Alone” Task (Packaged in accordance with…