MSG 3 Aircraft Inspection Considerations – Introduction by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com What is MSG 3 MSG stands for Maintenance Steering Group (3 is the 3rd version of the process and has been around since 1980). It provides a process which is used for developing scheduled maintenance tasks and intervals, which will be acceptable to the…

MSG 2 was introduced in 1970 primarily as a result of the Lockheed Tristar L1011 and the Douglas DC10 aircraft. A primary consideration was given to further development of the MSG1 methodology which introduced the new concept of condition monitoring, to the existing Hard Time and on condition. Essentially with this concept no specific maintenance…

A briefing document  presented by Steven Bentley www.sassofia.com The MSG (Maintenance Steering Group) Logic Process is now over 40 years oId.  (MSG-3 is 30 years old) Consider that if we extrapolate backwards from the introduction of MSG we reach the 1930’s. During the early days of aviation, maintenance programs were simple and without any real…

A briefing document  presented by Steven Bentley  The MSG (Maintenance Steering Group) Logic Process is now over 40 years oId.  (MSG-3 is 30 years old) Consider that if we extrapolate backwards from the introduction of MSG we reach the 1930’s. During the early days of aviation, maintenance programs were simple and without any real analytical…