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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…

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,…

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…

Consolidated Best Practices-All Domains Early Engagement & Preparation Initiate pre-application meetings to clarify expectations, referencing the EASA MSAT maturity model. Use the MSAT maturity model during documentation review to ensure that even at “Present” stage, the organisation demonstrates a structured, coherent management system (MS) rather than fragmented procedures. Verify resources-staffing, funding, tools, and training-against key…