An Article written by Steven Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services  At the age of 21 and a few weeks I was the youngest licensed aircraft engineer in the UK (off course this was a “moment in time” which quickly passed but that event occurred in 1976.)  Today with a still valid Avionics B2 plus…

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…

Production Planning in an MRO or 145 environment, a document delivered by Steven Bentley Managing Director Sofema Aviation Services. Production Planning is a scaleable activity, means in a small organization it is an additional duty of production engineering personnel, whilst in a  large organization or an MRO it becomes a significant department. Production Planning is…

Introducing the EASA aviation auditing services of Sofema Aviation Services.  Ensuring that your aircraft retain the maximum value possible is a given, however often the aircraft is subjected over time to maintenance which whilst in essence complying with EASA requirements, has scope for improvement. There is a misconception that compliance with EASA is the “Holy Grail”…