Aircraft Engineers and Mechanics
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Category: Airworthiness
Airline airworthiness management tips and techniques, including airline manual writing tips.
Airworthiness
What is Back to Birth Traceability?
Back to birth traceability (or BtB) is necessary to determine the correct life time of a components. Even though it sounds simple, in many…
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Aircraft Maintenance Management
How to Create an Approved Aircraft Maintenance Program
It is not possible to talk about airworthiness of aircraft without mentioning the aircraft’s Approved Maintenance Program (or AMP). This document is the basis…
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Aircraft Maintenance Management
Compliance Management (Quality Management) in an Airline Environment
Ever since the introduction of the Safety Management System (often referred to as the SMS), quality management in airlines and the aviation industry seems…
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Aircraft Maintenance Management
Approved Aircraft Modifications
When an aircraft is originally delivered from its manufacturer, it is in full compliance with its type certificate. This means that the configuration of…
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Airline Operations Regulations
Airworthiness Directives – what, why and how?
I’m sure you have come across the concept of airworthiness directives. Among all the various maintenance requirements for aircraft, airworthiness directives – or ADs,…
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Aircraft Engineers and Mechanics
Aviation Glossary – Acronyms and Abbreviations
“AD c/w @ EOL w/ 12564:34 a/c FH and 8457 FC, TLB# 245372” – that and similar uses of aviation acronyms and abbreviations are…
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Aircraft Maintenance Management
Aircraft Documents INFOGRAPHIC
“It’s papers that fly, not an aircraft” is what I used to hear during my early days with a small, regional airline struggling to…
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Aircraft Maintenance Management
Brexit in Aviation – will the UK leave EASA? 3 significant topics to consider
Brexit is now a fact. At least theoretically, as the separation from the EU still needs to take place. Does that imply that the…
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Aircraft Maintenance Management
The definition of an aviation MRO
An MRO is a Maintenance and Repair Organization. Therefore, naturally, an aviation or aircraft MRO is a company which specializes in performing maintenance actions…
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