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EASA Combined Airworthiness Organisation (CAO)

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CAO

April 06, 2020

Steven Bentley

Presented by Sofema Aviation Services (www.sassofia.com) ANNEX VD (PART-CAO) (EU) 2019/1383 (Amended by (EU) 2020/270 Notification of Forthcoming Training in the Following Subjects: o Part CAMO o Part CAMO SMS o Part CAO Including Quality Auditing & Airworthiness Review Please see the following websites Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com and SofemaOnline www.sofemaonline.com General Introduction – Implementation…

EASA Compliant Combined Airworthiness Organisation (CAO) Aviation Quality System

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Aviation Quality System

April 03, 2020

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services considers the various obligations to ensure the effective delivery of an EASA CAO Aviation Quality System CAO.A.100 Aviation Quality System and Organisational Review Two options depending on size & scope: 1) Independent Reviews – Small CAO – Only Part ML Aircraft – Max 10 Persons (Full Time Equivalent – FTE) Maintenance –…

FAA – EASA – Preventing Suspect Unapproved Parts (SUPs) Entering the System

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Suspect Unapproved Parts

March 31, 2020

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services considers the best practice to minimize our exposure to SUPs. Introduction The solution to the problem of Suspect Unapproved Parts (SUP) is for everyone in the supply chain to work together to both detect and ensure the removal of SUPs from our industry. Please Ask Yourself These Questions: How do you know…

EASA Suspected Unapproved Parts Introduction

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Suspected Unapproved Parts

March 30, 2020

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services considers the role of EASA to deliver an integrated oversight related to Suspected Unapproved Parts. Introduction EASA came later to the Suspect Parts Issue essentially leaving it to the individual responsibility of the relevant National Airworthiness Authority (NAA) EASA’s Suspected Unapproved parts website was established in August 2017 to raise awareness of…