Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers the obligations related to Ramp Inspections for compliance with ICAO requirements. Introduction SAFA & SACA Ramp Inspections follow a procedure common to all SAFA Participating. States are then reported upon using a common format. All these procedures are established by EASA at an European level and are disclosed on the EASA website….

Sofema Online (SOL) www.sofemaonline.com considers the core EASA documents issued in support of the Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft (SAFA) and Safety Assessment of Community Aircraft (SACA) Inspections. EASA Ramp Inspection Manual (RIM) Issue 3/ Approval Date 20/05/2022 The European Standard procedures for SAFA & SACA have been integrated into Commission Regulation under Part‐ARO and are fully…

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com looks at the process to demonstrate Proof of Inspection and the follow-up process Proof of Inspection – Ref AMC1 ARO.RAMP.125(c) Conduct of ramp inspections. On completion of the ramp inspection, information about its results should be provided to the pilot-in-command / commander or, in his/her absence, to another member of the…

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com reviews the process by which Ramp Inspections are performed. Introduction – See Inspection matrix Operators licensed by EASA Participating States (PS) and inspected by other EASA Participating States are checked against EU Standards. These inspections are referred to as “Safety Assessment of Community Aircraft” (SACA) inspections. All other inspections use ICAO Standards…