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The basic principle of an aircraft store is to be able to effectively and efficiently manage and control product and material both serviceable and unserviceable. Stores premises should be clean, well ventilated and maintained at an even dry temperature to minimise the effects of condensation. Manufactures instructions should be followed when available as these take…

Steve Bentley, CEO of Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com, considers the First Root Cause in Quality Assurance Auditing What is Root Cause? Surely it is the same whether it is related to Quality or Safety relationships! The answer is of course Root Cause is “Root Cause” however it is what we do with the information…

We have several industry generic problems within the environment of Aviation Maintenance Planning Documentation related to the comprehension of Regulatory inspired documentation. a) Long sentences related to regulatory requirements for example Federal Aviation Requirements (FAR) and Certification Specifications (CS). b) Insufficient details in the original documentation with some steps omitted by the editors of task…

As Technical Authors our understanding of the issues as perceived by the Maintenance organisations can serve to improve how we manage the work that we do. In this way to achieve an insight into potential areas of improvement. Issues identified during a review of the effectiveness of the task card process include the following: Occurrence…