Aviation Quality Auditing

Auditing the Auditors – How to Audit an EASA-GCAA Quality Assurance System

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Auditing the Auditors

August 19, 2019

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Presented by Steven Bentley CEO of Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com. Steve commenced his auditing activities in 1989, more than 30 years ago, and shares his learning experiences related to effective auditing. Introduction This paper is intended to make you a better auditor – to understand how to determine in the most effective way the system…

Quality Auditing of EASA Compliant Aviation SMS

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June 25, 2019

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 Steve Bentley CEO of Sofema (www.sassofia.com) looks at the challenges and obligations related to the auditing of SMS systems. SMS is a business system just like any other, so as part of our Compliance Auditing obligations we will be looking at the following elements as suitable for our auditing activities. a) Management b) Documentation c)…

Measuring the effectiveness of Third Party Organisation’s QC management Operations / Maintenance

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Third Party

June 12, 2019

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Sofema Aviation Services is currently offering EASA Compliant Advanced Quality Auditing Recurrent training during July in Sofia Bulgaria please see www.sassofia.com for details or email office@sassofia.com. What do we Mean by Third Party when we talk about auditing? Means that the organisation is “Stand Alone” – or “Stand Apart”. So effectively we are connected to…

Which Should be the Dominant Aviation System – Safety or Quality?

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December 03, 2018

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Steven Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services believes it is time to recognize Quality (QAS) as a component of our organisations SMS. Where Should an EASA Compliant Quality Assurance System “Sit” in relation to the Organisations SMS? Introduction Historically (and growing up in the workplace through the 1970’s I can attest to the fact) there…