A suite of regulatory driven DATA requirements issued by European Aviation Safety Agency EASA. The following is a direct quote “not interpretation” from EASA. The principle of Operational Suitability Data (OSD) is that the aircraft manufacturers are required to establish certain data that is considered important for safe operation of the aircraft type. This data…

December 12th 2014 saw the completion of a 3 Day Aviation Maintenance “Train the Trainer” course at the facilities of VOLGA-DNEPR TECHNICS GMBH Leipzig/Halle Airport. The course was delivered by Steve Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) to 12 delegates from Volga-Dnepr Facilities at both Leipzig and Frankfurt Airport. VDT GmbH – holds regulatory approval issued by…

Anybodies Safety Management System Training Program – Roles and Responsibilities of the Aviation Safety Management System Manager A short presentation by Steve Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services   This Document is offered in support of the need to develop organizational relevant and specific Safety Management System Training. Bynow we are all very familiar with…

How dependent is an EASA or GCAA compliant organization on the effectiveness of the Safety Management System (SMS) Manager?  Immeasurably is the simple answer, with the changes in organizational thinking driven by ICAO and others which we have seen introduced over the last decade or so, leading to the more or less de facto acceptance…