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EASA Aircraft Maintenance Program – Review Check List of Applicable Items to Ensure Compliance – Aide Memoire

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Aircraft Maintenance

April 12, 2021

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com presents a consolidated checklist to support Aircraft Maintenance Program (AMP) Compliance 1) Utilisation –  Check periods for anticipated utilisation; include a utilisation tolerance of not more than 25%. Where utilisation cannot be anticipated – Include calendar time limits. 2) Procedures for escalation where applicable & acceptable to the CA 3) Date…

Introduction to Aircraft Maintenance – EASA Compliant Maintenance Program Development

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Maintenance

April 09, 2021

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Aircraft Maintenance Program Development – Considerations by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com Introduction When dealing with the complex technical systems involved in air transport, the consequences of unreliable services become critical and may include: A high cost of operation A loss of productivity Incidents Potential exposure to accidents Hard Time Primary Maintenance The early attempts at…

Considering the Terms Safety Culture and Just Culture from an EASA accepted perspective – European Commercial Aviation Safety Team (ECAST)

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Safety Culture

April 02, 2021

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Introduced by Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com What is meant by the term Safety Culture “Safety Culture is the set of enduring values and attitudes regarding safety issues, shared by every member of every level of an organization. Safety Culture refers to the extent to which every individual and every group of the organization is…

EASA Part 145 Tooling Stores – The Use of Alternate Tooling

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Part 145 Tooling Stores

April 01, 2021

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Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers the use of Alternate Tools in Part 145 Tooling Stores in relation to the use of “Task-Specific Tooling.” Introduction To be able to use “alternative tooling” requires a procedure to ensure a previous verification in the maintenance data of the product or component being maintained. Considerations when the Maintenance…