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Considerations related to Basic Regulation 2018-1139 and Single European Sky (SES)

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Single European Sky

June 27, 2019

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (www.sassofia.com) looks at what is involved in the process of managing SES. What is the Single European Sky (SES)? The European air traffic management (ATM) system expects to handle over 50,000 flights daily by 2020. SES organises airspace into functional blocks, according to traffic flows rather than to national borders. Such a…

Quality Auditing of EASA Compliant Aviation SMS

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June 25, 2019

Steven Bentley

 Steve Bentley CEO of Sofema (www.sassofia.com) looks at the challenges and obligations related to the auditing of SMS systems. SMS is a business system just like any other, so as part of our Compliance Auditing obligations we will be looking at the following elements as suitable for our auditing activities. a) Management b) Documentation c)…

I Failed my Online Exam with SofemaOnline What Shall I Do?

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Online Exam

June 25, 2019

Steven Bentley

Steven Bentley CEO of Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com and SofemaOnline www.sofemaonline.com is pleased to provide guidance on completing the online exams. We Want you to Win! From our data, we know that 1 or 2 persons in 100 give up, but that is 1 or 2 too many – we do not want anyone to…

Identifying the need for Aviation Maintenance Human Factors Training (MHF)

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Human Factors

June 24, 2019

Steven Bentley

Review by Steve Bentley CEO of Sofema Group www.sassofia.com Aviation Human Factors Introduction As an Industry, we have recognised the need to address the potential of human factors adversely affecting the desired outcomes. Why we have recognised the need to address human factors? The aviation industry recognises Human Factors as a serious “threat” to our…