The starting point of course has to be to understand the work load, which is a combination of scheduled and unscheduled. The scheduled workload is a combination of work derived from the Aircraft Maintenance Program AMP and additional works, whether company generated or regulatory driven. The MPD is a dynamic document and subject for a…

Production Planning is a scalable activity, means in a small organization it may well be an additional duty of production engineering personnel, whilst in a  large organization or an MRO it becomes a significant department. Production Planning is a dedicated element within 145 reference to 145.A.47, so we understand therefore that all 145 & MRO…

The AMP describes the operators routine scheduled maintenance tasks which are required to comply with the obligations to ensure continuing airworthiness. In addition it contains the rules by which the operator is approved to operate with the program to include extensions and variations which must be applied. Moreover it describes criteria by which certain tasks…

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…