A Recent Post regarding Aviation SMS where Steve Bentley – CEO of Sofema Aviation Services, shared the organisational communication challenge depicted by the Iceberg of Ignorance together with the need to develop a strong understanding of the challenge of building resilience into our organisations, drew a response from purveyors of SMS Software which caused Bentley…

Regulatory Review by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com Introduction – Subpart E – Low Visibility Ops (LVO) SPA.LVO.100 The operator shall only conduct the following low visibility operations (LVO) when approved by the competent authority: Low visibility take-off (LVTO) operation; Lower than standard category I (LTS CAT I) operation; Standard category II (CAT II) operation; Other…

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers roles, responsibilities & best practice Introduction In accordance with EASA Part 145 the Aircraft Maintenance Organisation (AMO) is responsible to perform the “work” in accordance with approved documentation using approved material and to release on completion In Accordance with the requirements of EASA Part 145.A.50 Certificate of Release to…

Consideration Related to MNPS Approval presented by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com (Ref Doc NAT Doc 007) Approval Introduction North Atlantic High-Level Airspace Must have the approval of either the State of Registry of the aircraft, or the State of the operator. Aircraft operating in RVSM airspace are required to be compliant with the altimetry Minimum…