Implementing and Emergency Response Plan ERP within an EASA Part 145 Environment. Together with the implementation of a fully compliant SMS the need to comply with the provisions of ICAO requires the development of an Emergency Response Plan, which is off course organization specific. Introducing Emergency Response Planning into the environment of 145 is a…

How to identify areas which need special attention and how to focus our efforts on making sure we can deliver in all relevant areas. Which areas of the organization need special attention? …and what do we mean by special attention? We may believe that we know where are key areas are, however the whole point…

Organisations implementing a successful SMS system recognize that the SMS is an organizational tool and not one more of the “many” compliances which have to be met. The goal is actually quite straight forward to identify, and characterize threats and exposures which we consider as a risk to our organisation. To assess our exposure and to…

Flight Crew standard operating procedures (SOP’s) are only as effective as the willingness of the flight Crews to follow. Operators and maintainers should continually strive to identify whether defences contain recognized safety hazards and to use these indicators as an early warning safety system. A “tool” is a device or implement, used to carry out…