Getting EASA 147

This is the message from the manager of the training school to all his staff to focus on getting the EASA 147 approval.

In anticipation of the forth coming Department of Civil Aviation audit, I would like the month of November to be the month of quality. This does not mean that we ignore the other activities, but we will put extra emphasis to prepare for the audit for the 147 compliance.

The guiding principles:

These are the way we will drive the quality.

a. The drive toward quality will be a join effort of all the departments and sections. Only through the collaborative means, we will achieve our objectives.

b. Quality is the responsibility of everyone, it is not limited to the quality department or the management, as such all levels will be involved.

Action Plans

These are the activities that we will do.

a. A weekly meeting between training and QA to plan, review and report on quality issues. Suggest every Monday.

b. Identify the major process as described in the Training Organisation Exposition and the Airworthiness Notices 1101 and 1201.

c. Agree on the process owner. And plan for the actions.

d. Review the process and check compliance.

I will be attending the meeting at least once a month.

TRACKING

I would like to monitor these by..

a. By minutes of meeting

b. By weekly report.

CONCERNED PROCESSES.

The immediate concern process is the program scheduling. It MUST NOT be viewed as an activities to schedule the courses, but it is to be viewed as the actions taken to ensure that the students are ready to sit for the exams. The differences between the two is vast.

There are more to be taken to get the EASA147 approval. Let us concentrate our effort to achieve the objective.