Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com considers best practices related to the integration of Maintenance Foreign Object Damage (FOD) process and procedures into the organizational Safety Management System. Introduction – to ensure the best outcomes the following elements will be considered: Foreign Object Damage (FOD) can result from various objects like tools, parts, debris etc. The integration…

Steve Bentley FRAeS CEO of Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com comments on the challenges related to understanding the EASA Part 145 Compliance Function in support of the SMS System and not vice-versa Introduction Historically we had our primary focus on the Compliance Verification System which we called QA and now we call it Compliance Monitoring. We…

Sofema Aviation Services (SAS) www.sassofia.com is delighted to share that a new course has been added to the portfolio: Integrated SMS Recurrent – Auditing for Effectiveness, Root Cause, Incident Investigation & Performance Monitoring – 3 Days Available as a Classroom or Webinar training – Sign up at team@sassofia.com What is the course about? The ability to understand exposure and…

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…