The Airport Environment is without doubt “Compliance Intensive” with a plethora or rules regulations and obligations. Ensuring Compliance with all Regulatory and Organisational Requirements is a Fundamental Element of the continuous Airfield Operations oversight process. The Safety Management System should complement this process and enable ongoing assessment of Risk and Exposure, this adding a new…

Maintenance Error Management, Safety Management Training delivered by an “insider”. If you are looking for real training from an industry professional with a practical perspective on delivering within the workplace then consider Sofema Aviation Services. SAS UK “In Company” Training courses are delivered in the by our chief instructor Richard “Dick” Wilson who has gained…

This Blog looks at the Challenge of Training Adults in Aviation  –  In fact how we should deal with the specific needs of the Adult Audience. Adults do not learn in the same way that children learn, they have to perceive a need to know! The following looks at some of the specific challenges and…

Driven by the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO Safety Management Systems are being implemented as a Compliance Driven requirement, however SMS is a performance based system, whereby the objective is to deliver organisational safety at a lever as low as reasonably practical ALARP. The last 30 years have seen changes in the  aviation industry understanding…