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Until recently, Safety Management was considered almost devolved from all but flight operations, with reliability only concerning itself with operational metrics like ‘Despatch Reliability’. Nowadays, the introduction of other reliability metrics that are designed to project wear-out or failure rates has begun to address the requirement for Reliability to demonstrate Maintenance programme effectiveness. The question…

The reader will undoubtedly know, that the Approved Maintenance Programme or AMP, resembles a ‘bible’ of ‘Task Orientated’ aircraft maintenance around the eight tasks as required under MSG-3 (See opposite), with these tasks then categorized into three distinct areas: Aircraft Systems Structural Items Zonal   All regulators require some form of Continuing Analysis & Surveillance…

Applicable up to and including ELA2 Aircraft This Certification Specification (CS) is issued to identify standard changes which may be made to the aircraft without the need for further design certification requirements together with repairs which may be performed in conformity with FAA Advisory Circular AC 43.13-1B LIST OF STANDARD CHANGES (Subpart B) Group Systems—Communication:…

It is not possible to separate the Safety Management System from the need to manage HF in the most effective way. In fact the more integration the better in terms of understanding and managing the exposure. All the elements which are considered as part of our Aviation Maintenance Human Factors Exposure to maintenance error may…