Continuing airworthiness concerns for aging jet transports has received much attention over the last 15 years. Boeing and other TCH’s developed Supplemental structural inspection programs. In the late1970’s and early 1980’s intended to address fatigue problems. And much focus was placed on fail safe structural designs. The aloha incident became a milestone in respect of…

Sofema Aviation Services introduces four 1 Day essential regulatory training courses, the purpose of each course is to quickly get to the core elements of  the subject, what is required to achieve regulatory compliance and how organisations can not just meet this requirement but to exceed it. SAS Essentials covers four dedicated subjects Part 145…

To be issued with an Air Operators Certificate (AOC) for Commercial Air Transport (CAT) the operator must have a Continuous Airworthiness Management Organisation. (CAMO) with approval for Part M subpart G,  although in the future this may change with the introduction with Part M Subpart J. Using a CAMO to manage  the aircraft or fleet…

Part M subpart J is a proposed change being introduced by EASA through NPA 2010-09.(EASA is proposing changes to the regulatory structure of EC 2042 /2003 which may have significant outcomes.) The current rules make it mandatory for the CAT operator to be CAMO approved (M.A.201(h). However, this requirement has created challenges particularly for small…