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Regardless of how the Service Bulletin (SB) is identified by the issuing company, Service Bulletins are not mandatory, unless they are supported by an Airworthiness Directive (AD). So from a regulatory point of view the SB may not be required. However this is only one part of the story. SB’s may also be driven by…

Consider that the fundamental obligation to ensure the correct allocation of manpower sits with the EASA Part 145 Production Planning Group, however the Operators “Maintenance Planning” group are stakeholders in the effective delivery of the maintenance check, so clearly there is a specific interest. When developing the maintenance man-hour plan we need to take into…

Regulation (EU) 376/2014 (sometimes known as Occurrence Reporting Regulation) (ORR) is about more than simply reporting occurrences. It also focuses on the essential need of analysis and the development of follow-up and mitigation’s. The Concept of European Wide Mandatory Occurrence Reporting has been with us since 2003 (Ref Directive 2003/42/EC) This has now been updated…

Welcome to Area 48! Following on from the issue of EU Regulation 2015/1536 EASA followed up with issue of AMC & Guidance Material. The requirements are applicable from 25 August 2016. Review the changes and consider if you are fully compliant with all requirements. Answer the following questions a) to f) for your own organisation!…