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…

To benefit from this program we need to identify a person with the following responsibility. Production Planning Program Optimization Manager So what can we look at following a Maintenance Check? 1/ Any issues arising -general 2/ Manpower utilization – actual versus estimation 3/ Lost time summary 4/ Defects found during the maintenance check 5/ Defects…