Sofema Aviation Services shares the latest events in the Aviation business from around the world in our Aviation Weekly News Roundup: > UK air traffic issue fixed but flights remain affected Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS) was hit by a technical problem for several hours on Monday, causing widespread disruption to flights using the…

Considerations presented by Steve Bentley FRAeS CEO of Sofema (www.sassofia.com). Steve has over 50 years of experience in Civil Aviation and has been working for more than 25 years in the spheres of Quality, Safety & Aviation Training. Issue No. 1 – Regulators often fail to appreciate the role of vocational and competence-building regulatory training…

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers the forthcoming requirements related to European Union Aviation Safety Agency Opinion No 03/2021 Note 1 – An EASA Opinion is the source for Implementing Rules (when ratified by the European Commission (EC)) unless issued under delegated authority re 2018/1139. Note 2 – An EASA Decision is the source for Acceptable…

Presented by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com Introduction Certification requirements for civil [commercial] aircraft are derived from: ICAO Annex 8 Airworthiness of Aircraft together with ICAO Airworthiness Manual, Part V State of Design and State of Manufacture. Each ICAO contracting state is obligated to establish its own legal framework. Within the European Community, this activity…