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Introduction by Steve Bentley MD SAS www.sassofia.com Standards at a High Level – ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of United Nations. Has been functioning in its role since 1947. In the interest of safety, an aircraft must be designed, constructed and operated in compliance with the appropriate airworthiness requirements of…

Do Licensed Aircraft Engineers  LAE’s truly understand their roles and responsibilities?    In fact there are some indicators that there may be some gaps in this understanding, lets consider some of the issues and share an understanding.  1/ Quality Control Whilst the Business Area Owner / Post Holder is ultimately responsible for the overall delivery…

Introduction by Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com A List of Effective Pages (LEP) will be used to ensure that each MEL is up-to-date. It must list the date of the last amendment for each page of the MEL. Transport will stamp and initial the List of Effective Pages to indicate the approval status of the contents of…

Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com looks at the document behind the Aircraft Minimum Equipment List (MEL) the “MASTER” MEL – MMEL  The MMEL is essentially a list established for a particular aircraft type by the organization responsible for the type design with the approval of the State of Design containing items, one or more of which is permitted…