Aircraft Leasing Maintenance Reserve Considerations

Aircraft Leasing Maintenance Reserve Considerations The fundamental objective of a lease is to ensure that the payments do in fact cover the capital and financing costs of the underlying asset. Ultimately it is the lessor who carries. Any residual risks, consider the potential for a default – for example Bankruptcy where all current and ongoing…

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Key Technical Aspects for Airframe and Engines in an Aircraft Lease

Steve Bentley, SAS Director of Standards, Sofema Aviation Services Aircraft Maintenance Programme (AMP), Maintenance Planning Document (MPD) The AMP belongs to the operator and is approved by the applicable regulatory authority, The MPD is controlled by the manufacturer and is periodically revised following meetings of the Maintenance Review Board (MRB) Consider the Role of the…

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A Process to Managing and Optimise your Quality System

Consider borrowing from lean techniques – What is Lean? Lean is essentially the pursuit of the minimisation of wasteful practices by focusing on practices and activities which do not add value. In addition to focus on techniques for continuous improvement. Why should we take the time to optimize our Quality Management System QMS at all?…

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Sofema Aviation Services Completes Training in Nairobi Kenya with a total of 175 Delegates attending SAS Regulatory Compliant Training

SAS is pleased to announce the completion of the latest training program and to welcome Nairobi as the latest destination for SAS regulatory training. We are very happy to report not only the successful completion of a series of 10 EASA compliant regulatory training courses, but to share the record attendance of 175 delegates. The…

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