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Overseas Territories Aviation Regulations (OTAR’s) are designed to be fully compliant with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARP’s) Steve Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services looks at the effectiveness of the OTAR environment in the context of Commercial Air Transport. Unlike EASA Part M for example which has a significant amount…

Ref OTAC – Overseas Territories Aviation Circular – OTAC 39-8 Type Certification Basis Note 1 An OTAR Type Certificate is only available on the back of FAA / TC or EASA issued Type Certificate. In accordance with OTAR 21 Subpart B the investigation and acceptance of an aircraft Type Certification will be documented by a…

Introduction provided by Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com This document considers an overview of the overall concept of Safety Management Systems (SMS) in the Territories. It applies to all those parts of the aviation industry such as aircraft operators, maintenance organisations, ATS providers and aerodrome operators required to operate an SMS. Aviation safety has traditionally focused…

Presented by www.sassofia.com  Introduction Organisations seeking certification or approval, should develop, document, implement, and maintain a Quality (Safety) Management System with appropriate internal quality assurance (QA) procedures. The QA process complements that of safety assurance, with each having requirements for analysis, documentation, auditing and management reviews to assure that certain performance criteria are met. While…