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When we talk about residual risk we are actually talking about the degree of exposure after we have implemented the agreed mitigation. In essence we are accepting that even after the mitigation has been applied there is still the possibility of sufficient risk to pose a degree of threat. You may see a formula to…

Tremendous advances have been made over the last 25 years in the overall Aviation Safety Environment, driven in a large part by the work of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Considering the size of commercial aviation in previous decades there was a significant number of accidents. Causal factors for early accidents included the lower…

The starting point of course has to be to understand the work load, which is a combination of scheduled and unscheduled. The scheduled workload is a combination of work derived from the Aircraft Maintenance Program AMP and additional works, whether company generated or regulatory driven. The MPD is a dynamic document and subject for a…

Consider the following role definitions and responsibilities: Firstly that the Accountable Manager is responsible for both the Quality and Safety Systems, the Quality System includes both elements of Quality Control and Quality Assurance, however these days we are starting to talk more about Quality Compliance (effectively Compliance and Assurance are the same). Secondly that The…