To be approved in accordance with 14 CFR part 145, pursuant to the terms of this Annex, the AMO shall comply with all of the following Special Conditions: The AMO shall submit an application in a form and a manner acceptable to the FAA.  (a) The application for both initial and renewed FAA certification shall…

 Accountable Directorate: The aircraft certification directorate with final authority, accountability, and responsibility for type certification programs, the development of airworthiness standards, and development and standardization of technical policy for an assigned product and a specific part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). Aircraft Certification Office (ACO): The aircraft certification directorate’s…

What are the services which Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com provides? Sofema Aviation Services offers quality audit services and training including our renowned Train the Trainer Program covering all areas including maintenance and operational environments. All aviation auditing schemes possess some common features. We must first have requirements for the standards which relate to the item,…

EASA & FAA are two sides of the same story and because they come at this story from different directions there is naturally some confusion in Industry. The purpose of this blog written by Steve Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services (www.sassofia.com) is to share and explore the challenge of informing industry as to this…