Considering the relationship between Aviation Quality and Aviation Safety, together with the relationship between Quality Assurance Auditing and Safety Assurance Auditing in Aviation Often it is apparent there is some confusion between the specific functions of the two different undertakings namely a quality assurance management system and that of a safety assurance management system. So…

Firstly to understand that Aviation Quality Auditing is focused on Compliance and the SMS is focused on Risk. Maintenance Human Factors concerns all the various issues which may have an impact on how people perform required tasks. Now to consider that each area is connected, means they are not independent from each other and that…

To visit basics and ask what is the difference between Quality Assurance and Quality Control. This question is not as simple as it first sounds because there is a difference depending on which side of the Atlantic you are sitting. The Term Quality Assurance in the FAA system may in fact relate to the performance…

A review paper by Steven Bentley Managing Director of Sofema Aviation Services. Many organisations ask for the legal obligations regarding the training of Safety Management Systems, the purpose of this document is to put into context an understanding of the requirement. Origins of the need for SMS training In fact the need started to crystallize…