Presented by Steven Bentley CEO of Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com. Steve commenced his auditing activities in 1989, more than 30 years ago, and shares his learning experiences related to effective auditing. Introduction This paper is intended to make you a better auditor – to understand how to determine in the most effective way the system…

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 [email protected] 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…