Steve Bentley CEO of Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com looks at common errors made by MRO’s in allocating responsibilities for process & procedures – compounded by the weakness of regulatory auditors to identify such. All comments are welcome office@sassofia.com 145.121 Maintenance procedures and quality system (a) The organisation shall establish a safety and quality policy for…

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers the Root Cause Activities within an EASA Approved AMO. One of the industry problems we have is that the persons with the most experience in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) are not the ones who we want to exercise RCA in support of closing out a finding. It is in fact…

Consider the following role definitions and responsibilities: Firstly that the Accountable Manager is responsible for both the Quality and Safety Systems, the Quality System includes both elements of Quality Control and Quality Assurance, however these days we are starting to talk more about Quality Compliance (effectively Compliance and Assurance are the same). Secondly that The…

To focus on the regulatory compliance we shall ignore the aspects of marketing and other critical business elements. The requirements to achieve a successful GCAA / Part 147 are very specific and success within the process is probably somewhat easier to measure than with other regulatory approvals. The Training Manager (who may be the Accountable…