Considerations related to the Embodiment of Non Mandatory Service Bulletin requirements related to Aircraft Certified to EASA Standards

Regardless of how the Service Bulletin (SB) is identified by the issuing company, Service Bulletins are not mandatory, unless they are supported by an Airworthiness Directive (AD). So from a regulatory point of view the SB may not be required. However this is only one part of the story. SB’s may also be driven by…

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Developing Aviation Maintenance Procedures to manage control of man-hour planning versus scheduled maintenance work

Consider that the fundamental obligation to ensure the correct allocation of manpower sits with the EASA Part 145 Production Planning Group, however the Operators “Maintenance Planning” group are stakeholders in the effective delivery of the maintenance check, so clearly there is a specific interest. When developing the maintenance man-hour plan we need to take into…

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) is pleased to announce the launch of our Safety Management System (SMS) Training Program in Jakarta, Indonesia – December 2016

Date: December 12th – December 16th 2016 Location: Ara Hotel Gading Serpong – Jakarta, Indonesia Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) has built up a strong reputation for providing effective support and delivering EASA and ICAO compliant regulatory and vocational training for more than 8 years. Providing Regulatory & Vocational training for 1000′s of delegates and 100′s…

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) had the pleasure to deliver SMS Training Session in Minsk, Belarus

Sofema Aviation Services was pleased to have the opportunity to deliver several SMS training courses for Rada Airlines, which was delivered by our instructor Danil Danailov at Rada Airlines Facilities – Minsk, Belarus between 18th October to 20th October 2016. Around 50 delegates attended the Training Session which included the following courses: SMS for Accountable…

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