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An EASA Part 21 Subpart G organisation is an organisation which has approval to manufacture aircraft parts and appliances in conformity with approved data. The approval may be obtained from the regulator of the state of the operator within EU countries and directly from EASA in respect of third country approval applicants. A Part 21…

EASA Delegation Processes (FAA – EASA Differences) Whilst both the EASA and FAA system essentially demonstrate compliance with the same fundamental requirements which we understand as Certification Specifications in the EASA system. There are fundamental differences in the oversight process. EASA Part 21 Subpart J – Concerns Design Organisation Approval (DOA) The privileges of the…

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…

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…