Steven Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services offers the following viewpoint for consideration. A strong statement but is it fair? We all accept that SMS is a performance based rather than compliance based system – the problem is that the regulator does not ask the “right” questions. Simply you cannot audit a performance system with…

Steve Bentley MD of Sofema Aviation Services completed the delivery of EASA Compliant Quality Audit Training on Tues 3rd May 2016 With delegates attending from Bangkok Airways, Lufthansa Philippines, and Thai Flight Training Academy (TFTA) The goal of the training was to consider the fundamentals of a fully compliant Aviation Quality System together with the…

Dear Aviation Accountable Manager, Director, Nominated Post Holder and Aviation Business System Leader How Effective is Your Aviation SMS Risk Assessment? Time to Kick Start your SMS ! Is Your SMS Risk Performing for your organisation? Is your SMS identifying opportunities to optimise and generate efficiencies? 2 Day intensive course led by Aviation Industry Professional…

21 Steps to support a Healthy Safety Culture:   1/ The first comment is that it is a very slow (time wise) process to build trust in the workforce and it is very easy to lose this trust.   2/ The second comment is that we can in fact consider trust as a “Step by…