May 22, 2019

Meaningful Reliability Data – the Challenges associated with Low Utilization Operations

Rustom D. Sutaria – Avia Intelligence, Dubai, 2016 Having completed a number of reliability courses on behalf of Sofema, and advised on reliability programme development, the author is frequently asked about the challenge of low levels of reliability data, and whether there are enough data points in order to produce an adequate analysis. The biggest concern amongst reliability engineers is […]
May 24, 2018

Contracted & Sub-Contracted Relationships in the EASA Context

Rustom D. Sutaria – Avia Intelligence, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2018 SCENARIO: The organisation that has been awarded the contract is responsible for complying with all requirements that are associated with the contracted activity. Example: The operator awards a contract to an Approved Maintenance Organisation including the responsibility of certification of aircraft and components.  There is a serious limitation to a contracted […]