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OTAR Considerations Related to Aviation Maintenance Facilities Requirements – Reference Overseas Territory Aviation Requirements OTAR Part 145.103 & OTAC 145-1 OTAR Base Maintenance Requirements 103.1 Base Maintenance For base maintenance of aircraft, hangars should be both available and large enough to accommodate aircraft on planned base maintenance. Where the hangar is not owned by the…

EASA has taken a definitive step with the issue of EASA regulation 965/2012 with the development of the regulatory obligations driven by ORO.GEN.200 Management system – (a) The operator shall establish, implement and maintain a management system that includes: (1) clearly defined lines of responsibility and accountability throughout the operator, including direct safety accountability of…

Sofema Aviation Services (www.sassofia.com) Considers the challenges of assessment of competency within the aviation environment. Background to Competence We need to consider competence as being the bringing together three elements, namely – Knowledge, Experience & Attitude. The Challenge for quality auditors is how to assess the effectiveness of the overall system, however, as will all…

Do Organisations “underperform”? Please consider the following questions: Are you happy that as an Organisation you have assessed the Risk and exposure across the business to reduce it to its minimum exposure within the context of the organisations “reasonable” expectations (Here we reference the term as low as reasonably practicable ALARP)? Are you happy with…