All Commercial Air Transport Operators (CAT) are required to have a Quality Assurance Function which in a EASA Regulation 2012/965 Compliant Organisation is typically referred to as a Compliance Management Function. This duty is performed by the Compliance Manager, together with a Safety Management Function which is in fact the responsibility of the nominated persons….

Sofema Aviation Services reviews the Safety Management System implementation and Aviation Risk Assessment process. Thursday, April 17th saw the completion of a series of training courses delivered for Fujairah Aviation Academy by Steven Bentley, CEO of Sofema Aviation Services. The courses covered several specific areas compliant with the objectives of the United Arab Emirates –…

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…