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Managing Root Cause Activities within an EASA Approved Aircraft Maintenance Organisation AMO

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December 22, 2016

Steven Bentley

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers the Root Cause Activities within an EASA Approved AMO. One of the industry problems we have is that the persons with the most experience in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) are not the ones who we want to exercise RCA in support of closing out a finding. It is in fact…

EASA Part 147 Maintenance Training Organisation (MTOE) Roles and Responsibilities

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December 19, 2016

Steven Bentley

Establishes the requirements to be met by an organisation seeking approval to conduct training and examination as specified in EASA Part-66. A maintenance training organisation shall be approved to carry out Part-66 aircraft type and/or task training subject to compliance with the standard specified in 66.A.45. A maintenance training organisation approved in accordance with 147.A.300…

The Current Safety Management System (SMS) Status within an EASA Part 147 Organisation

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December 19, 2016

Steven Bentley

Reference EASA, Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) 2013-19 (Part-147 — IR, AMCs & GM Part-66 — IR, AMCs & GM) “Concept Paper”. SMS Requirements related to an EASA Part 147 Organisation The need to demonstrate compliance with ICAO Annex 19 (long overdue) is a major driver regarding the implementation of Safety Management System (SMS) within…

Managing Competence to Deliver an EASA Part 147 Type Training TNA

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December 19, 2016

Steven Bentley

What is the purpose of a Training Needs Analysis (TNA)? The purpose of the Training Needs Analysis (TNA) is to justify the duration of the theoretical element of the type training, in fact the TNA is the main driver to determine the duration of the theoretical element of the type training. (Regardless of whether it…