Sofema Aviation Services is very pleased to be returning to Johannesburg to deliver another series of EASA Compliant “Essentials” Regulatory Training courses. Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) has built up a strong reputation for practical and effective regulatory training, across a broad range of subjects. We are a regular visitor to South Africa and we have delivered multiple training…

The MSG Process introduced a decision logic into the assessment of appropriate maintenance. With the introduction of MSG-3 this process was refined to ensure the correct treatment of both “Safety Related” and “Economic Related” as well as including the Corrosion Protection Corrosion Prevention CPCP and Structural Integrity Program considerations including: Consequences of failure approach –…

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…