The impact of Safety Culture on Aviation Performance Audits

The primary purpose of a Performance Audit is to identify opportunities to improve the organisations well being, whether it is focused on optimizing process and procedures or removing wasteful practices and behaviours. We often find strong, cohesive professional sub-cultures within the aviation industry for example in maintenance and operations. Differences in safety attitudes and behaviours…

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SAS Completes Regulatory Training in Yangon, Myanmar

Sofema Aviation Services is pleased to announce the Completion of Regulatory Training in Yangon Myanmar March 2014, more than 75 delegates attended 8 separate training courses delivered over a 2 week period.   The Courses delivered consisted of the following essentials program: EASA Logistics and Stores Management Essentials, Part 145 Essentials, Optimizing Techniques for Aircraft…

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Delivering Aircraft Production Planning

MRO and 145 organizations are required to have a Production Planning function, however this could in fact be delivered as a sub department of Base Maintenance. Developing a Stand alone Production Planning Department may provide significant benefits in the management of the maintenance process. The Production Planning department provides (if fully utilized) a key opportunity…

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Aviation Quality Management and Auditing

With the introduction of the new EASA requirements for Air Operators, together with the forthcoming requirements applicable to Part M, Part 145 & Part 21 the term ‘Compliance Monitoring’ is being used to describe the primary function of Quality Manager, indeed the role definition is also changed typically to be know as the “Compliance Manager”…

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