EASA/JAA/ICAO compliance

There's an almost infinite number of acceptable means of compliance with the regulations. What really matters, provided you meet the minimum requirements laid out in the EASA/EU/JAA/ICAO requirements of course, is that your manuals reflect exacly how you work and vice-versa.

EASA/JAA/ICAO approvals and certification

Save yourself the headaches of flipping thousands of pages without precisely knowing where you'll end up: get the direct answers you need ! Skytation can either provide you with a comprehensive presentation on regulations and standards, or guide you through the whole procedure to ensure your certification or approval on the following subjects:

• JAR-OPS 1/EU-OPS 1: commercial air operations (airplanes)
• JAR-OPS 3: commercial air operations (helicopters)
• Aerial work
• JAR-FCL 1: flight crew licencing (airplanes)
• JAR-FCL 2: flight crew licencing (helicopters)
• JAR-STD: training devices and Simulators
• EASA Part 21 subpart E: Supplemental Type Certification
• EASA Part 21 subpart G: Production Organisations
• EASA Part 21 subpart J: Design Organisations
• EASA Part M: Continuing Airworthiness
• EASA Part M subpart G: Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation
• EASA Part 145: Maintenance Organisations
• EASA Part 147: Training Organisation Requirements (Maintenance)
• ICAO Annexes
• ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices
• Safety Management Systems

Quality Management Systems

The whole concept of “Quality Management” does not limit itself to buying a generic manual from an external company that does not even know your company or how your employees work. It may have worked in the past, but not anymore. Quality is not just about implementing a system or working towards a set standard either. Quality is an attitude. It's a way of working which not only improves your business but also the way people work and live.

Holders of an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) and approved Maintenance Organisations are required by European regulations to establish a Quality System tailored to their company and designate a Quality Manager. The procedures required to ensure safe operational practices and airworthy aeroplanes/helicopters must be adequate and constantly monitored by the company.

A generic manual will simply not do the job, and may even jeopardize the future of your organization. In order to be fully compliant with the EASA/JAA regulations, a combination of different types of audits must also be included in your Quality System. In addition to the regular internal audits, your quality system itself must be independently audited on a regular basis too.

Skytation can conduct both internal and external audits if you do not have the capability to do it yourselves or if you prefer to rely on external professional auditors like us. We can also supply additional audit resources, thereby ensuring it’s relevance to your field of work. This method is of course perfectly acceptable and compliant with European regulations: many of our customers have actually chosen this option to meet the JAA/EASA requirements.

Skytation can also coach your Quality Manager or provide an expert who will take over the Quality Manager's duties and be in charge of the internal audits.

Quality Management Systems applied to the aviation industry concern:

• JAR/EU-OPS
• EASA Part M
• EASA Part 21
• EASA Part 145
• European Norm EN9100: Quality Systems for Aerospace Manufacturers
• European Norm EN9110: Quality Systems for Aerospace Repair Stations
• European Norm EN9120: Quality Systems for Distributors

What manuals must be produced and updated ? For JAR/EU-OPS 1 (airplane operators) & JAR-OPS 3 (helicopter operators) General / Basic (part A) Aeroplane Operating Matters (part B) Route and Aerodrome (part C) Training (part D) Continuing Airworthiness Management Exposition (CAME) For Part M subpart G Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisations Continuing Airworthiness Management Exposition (CAME) For Part-145 organisations (maintenance facilities) Maintenance Organisation Exposition (MOE)