A discussion document raised by Steven Bentley Steven Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com has written and delivered more than 25 different Aviation Safety Management System training courses. In addition to having the opportunity to assess the effectiveness of SMS within a significant number of organisations and to understand where are the major challenges to…

Sofema Aviation Services is pleased to announce a Marketing agreement with Canadian based company Q5 Systems, provider of the Q5SMS Aviation Safety Management solution. With the signing of this agreement Sofema Aviation Services will represent Q5 in Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia to promote and market Q5SMS. SAS’s Founder & Managing Director Steve Bentley…

Sofema Aviation Services considers the process of SMS Risk Assessment & Root Cause Analysis. Aviation SMS training: Risk Assessment & Root Cause Analysis Introduction Which elements related to our aviation SMS to consider? a) Risk Assessment b) Root Cause Analysis What is our Goal? i) review the current status ii) deliver an appraisal with the…

As a SMS trainer with many years experience and many courses successfully delivered, it is clearly evident that the biggest challenge every organisation faces is for sure connected to making this part of the process work for “your” organisation. Where are the challenges Well the first one is chronic under reporting – simply people are…