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Considering the Difference Between EASA Permit to Fly, Maintenance Check Flight (MCF) and Airworthiness Check Flights (ACF)

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EASA Permit to Fly

March 17, 2023

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers the role of Different Check Flights to Support Continuing Airworthiness. Introduction – Guidance for EASA Permit to Fly Procedures Reference Documents (EC) No 2018/1139, (EC) No 748/2012, (EC) No 1321/2014, as amended A Permit to Fly is generally issued when a certificate of airworthiness is temporarily invalid, for example as the…

Introduction to Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) – EASA

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Performance-Based Navigation

March 13, 2023

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers the PBN Fundamentals EASA Part SPA was issued as Annex V to Commission Regulation 965/2012. Part SPA provides for the: Implementing Rules, (IRs), Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMCs), and Guidance Material (GMs) related to Specific Approvals available for an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) / Air Carrier (AC) to apply for: RVSM…

Considerations Related to Aviation Law in the UK – 2023

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Aviation Law

March 08, 2023

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Overview & presentation by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) The European Aviation Environment is subject to significant complexity across multiple domains – Air Traffic Control (ATC) Air Navigation Services (ANS) Aerodromes, Operators, Maintainers & Continuing Airworthiness Organisations. Faced with enormous challenges to re-write the entire European regulatory environment (whose construction the UK in fact was a…

Considering the ICAO Drivers for Aviation SMS 2023

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ICAO

March 07, 2023

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) considers the current status and changes following the issue of the ICAO Safety Management Manual, Doc 9859, 4th Edition. Aviation SMS 2023 – ICAO Drivers General Introduction Aviation Safety Management Systems (SMS) are a work in progress and the standards and regulatory drivers will continue to focus on evolution and strategy…