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Biohazards in Aircraft Maintenance (Part-145)

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Biohazards

October 07, 2025

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) Considers Biohazards within the Aircraft Maintenance Environment PPE is the last line of defence. Always try to eliminate/contain first (isolate systems, depressurize, cordon off), then add PPE matched to the task. Considering Biohazards within the Aircraft Environment Lavatory waste system: Waste tank, service couplings, vacuum lines, drain masts, valves, “blue juice”…

Cross-Cultural, Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration in Aviation-Challenges & Best Practices

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October 03, 2025

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) considers key business communication best practices. Aviation work is inherently multi-disciplinary (operations, maintenance, engineering, ground services, security, safety, compliance, finance) and increasingly multicultural. Most performance shortfalls, including safety events, typically occur at the interfaces: Where teams, shifts, disciplines, or contractors hand work to each other. Effective leaders ensure interfaces are managed…

How to Recognise Development Opportunities When Training Access Is Severely Limited

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October 03, 2025

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) considers challenges to maintain normal development in difficult environments In conflict-affected environments, traditional training pathways pause or collapse: schools close, exams are postponed, internet and electricity are unreliable, and access to aircraft, tooling, and supervisors is scarce. Guiding principles – Progress depends on three disciplines: Learning the right things, Documenting that learning,…

EASA Part 66 Certification Review,Questions & Comments

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EASA Part 66

October 01, 2025

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) reviews EASA Part 66 Key Issues, Questions & Comments Part 66 License Privileges A Part-66 licence never, by itself, gives you certification privileges. Those privileges are exercised only when you are authorised by an organisation (Part-145/Part-CAO) or when you act as Independent Certifying Staff (ICS) under Part-ML. This is explicit in…