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Considerations related to the Installation of Equipment in EASA Compliant Aircraft

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July 29, 2016

Steven Bentley

The need for Approval to Install Equipment on Aircraft First to consider Annex II as this group of aircraft is excluded from all EASA requirements and are managed on a case by case basis by the appropriate regulatory authority (In respect of the aircraft registration) When installing equipment into a type-certificated aircraft we have to…

Meaningful Reliability Data – the Challenges associated with Low Utilization Operations

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July 28, 2016

Rus Sutaria @ Avia Intelligence Ltd

Having completed a number of reliability courses on behalf of Sofema, and advised on reliability programme development, the author is frequently asked about the challenge of low levels of reliability data, and whether there are enough data points in order to produce an adequate analysis. The biggest concern amongst reliability engineers is a somewhat thorny…

Part 21 EASA Regulation 748 /2012 and the Subsequent Changes

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July 27, 2016

Steven Bentley

Considering the introduction of EASA Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 and the subsequent changes to EASA Part 21 since the issue of 2012 Regulation (EU) No 748/2012. COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 7/2013 of 8 January 2013 (overview) Changes to accommodate environmental protection requirements of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (hereinafter ‘the Chicago…

EASA Part 21 Considerations related to EASA Regulation 748 /2012

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July 26, 2016

Steven Bentley

Regulation 748/2012 consolidated and replaced Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 and its 7 subsequent amendments. (Including changes resulting from 4 Agency Opinions and changes introduced by the Commission.) A transition provision is included in article 11 means that there is no immediate need to update any documents to comply with the rule. Opinions included in (EC)…