Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) would like to thank Rustom Sutaria for providing his considerations regarding Aircraft Reliability as a tool to Reduce Spares Demand. Utilising aircraft reliability to optimise maintenance programmes affected by spares procurement challenges – An alternative to the grounding of your aircraft. A recently published article from Airline Business Weekly Briefing (“Aircraft…

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) (www.sassofia.com) takes a look at how The Aircraft Maintenance Program comes together. The Role of the MPD The Primary Source of the Operators Aircraft Maintenance Program (AMP) is the Maintenance Planning Document (MPD). The MPD is actually an “unapproved” document and is essentially a repository for multiple maintenance requirements coming from…

A brief introduction to certification terms to be found in the Continuous Airworthiness Management of EASA compliant aircraft. Presented by Steven Bentley – MD Sofema Aviation Services. The Type Certificate Holder (TCH) is responsible to the regulator of the state of the designer to deliver an aircraft which is fully compliant with the System and…