Driven by the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO Safety Management Systems are being implemented as a Compliance Driven requirement, however SMS is a performance based system, whereby the objective is to deliver organisational safety at a lever as low as reasonably practical ALARP. The last 30 years have seen changes in the  aviation industry understanding…

An effective State Safety Program SSP requires industry compliant Safety Management Systems SSP. Once an organizational safety management system is in place, which is able to identify safety weaknesses and risk exposing pressure points in the organization it enters a new era. It then becomes possible to work towards not only continuous monitoring but continuous…

The State Safety Program derives from the States obligations to comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standard and Recommended Practices (SARP’s). The following Annex’s to the Convention was signed by 52 states on 7 December 1944 and came into effect on 4 April 1947. Annex 1 Personnel Licensing Annex 6  Operation of Aircraft Annex…

Steven Bentley M.D. Sofema Aviation Services The Evolution of the European Regulatory System – From National Authorities through JAA to EASA and Part OPS Who are ECAC? The European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC)  was established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Council of Europe. Founded in 1955 with 19 Member States at…