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Quality Assurance Manual
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This is the AC Aviation Co., Ltd. Quality Assurance Manual, established for the purpose of implementation
by all operational person and hereby approved:
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER 0 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................3
2.2 The Links between Quality Management System and other ACA Quality Components .......................... 4
3.9 Forms........................................................................................................................................................14
6.3 Initial Quality Management System Training Syllabus / All Employees .................................................... 5
6.4 Recurrent Quality Management System Training Syllabus / All Employees ............................................. 6
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 0 INTRODUCTION
0.1 Introduction
The Quality Assurance Manual enables AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA, Bangkok Jets) to monitor
compliance with CAAT requirements and the guidance document format for ACA manuals.
AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA, Bangkok Jets) has taken into account human factors principles when
creating the QAM.
The Head of Quality shall ensure that the QAM is maintained in a form in which it can be used without
difficulty. AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA, Bangkok Jets) shall utilize our Quality Management System,
(QMS) to assess reported or discovered non-compliance related to AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA,
Bangkok Jets) flight and maintenance operations.
AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA, Bangkok Jets) QMS addresses the formal and systematic approach
to overall quality and its related processes and activities rather than occupational quality, environmental
protection, or customer service quality.
AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA, Bangkok Jets) will provide oversight for the quality of our contracted
service providers policies and procedures.
The Head of Quality will schedule audits and coordinated inspections for all contracted service providers to
ensure compliance with AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA, Bangkok Jets) quality standards.
AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA, Bangkok Jets) understands that we may issue a Quality Assurance
Manual in separate volumes.
With the approval of the Authority, copies of the Quality Assurance Manual may be distributed to Company
personnel in an electronic format which may be accessed through AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA,
Bangkok Jets) employee’s website.
1. Support the management of quality through the provision of all appropriate resources that
will result in an organizational culture that fosters the best practices, encourages safety
through quality, encourages communication between all departments and actively
manages the quality system;
2. Enforce the management of quality as a primary responsibility of all Nominated Persons,
department managers, and employees;
3. Clearly defines Nominated Persons and employee quality responsibilities in their assigned
duties;
4. Ensure an open-door policy that ensures that no disciplinary action will be taken against
any employee who discloses a quality, safety or compliance concern through the voluntary
reporting system, unless such disclosure indicates, beyond any reasonable doubt, an
illegal act, gross negligence, or a deliberate or willful disregard of regulations or procedures
as determined by the Head of Flight Operations;
5. Complying with and, wherever possible, exceed, legislative and regulatory requirements
and standards;
6. Ensure that sufficient skilled and trained human resources are available to implement
quality strategies and processes;
7. Ensure that all staff is provided with adequate and appropriate aviation quality information
and training are provided to all employees;
8. Establish and measure our quality performance against realistic safety and quality
performance targets;
9. Continually improve our quality performance through management processes that ensure
that relevant actions are taken and are effective;
10. Ensure that our contract service providers systems and services that support our
operations meet our quality standards.
Should it become necessary for AC Aviation Company Limited (DBA, Bangkok Jets) to produce a new
Quality Assurance Manual or major parts of the Quality Assurance Manual, it will be prepared in the English
language.
ACA understands that with the approval of the Authority we may translate and use the manual or parts
thereof, into another language to ensure that all personnel is able to understand parts of the QAM that
pertain to their duties and responsibilities.
When changes to the AOC are pending the Head of Flight Operations shall provide the Authority with any
relevant documentation. Changes shall only be implemented upon receipt of formal approval by the CAAT.
ACA understands that we may operate under the conditions prescribed by the CAAT during such changes,
as applicable.
ACA will give the Authority 10 day’s prior notice of a proposed change of a Nominated Person unless the
circumstances are exceptional.
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The definitions and terms used in this manual have the following meanings.
Note: The following terms and definitions are in addition to the terms and definitions listed in ACA’ s
Operations Manual, Part A, General and Basic Chapter 01.
Accountable Executive: Is a senior management official designated by an operator as having ultimate
accountability for the operational performance of the organization. In the context of this manual,
Accountable Executive refers to the Company’ s Chief Executive Officer. Equivalent term: Accountable
Manager or General Manager.
Acceptable Level of Safety: Acceptable level of safety is a level of safety which expressed in practical
terms by two measures which are safety performance indicator and safety performance target.
Aircraft Accident: Aircraft Accident means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft
which takes place between the time any person boards aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as
all such persons have disembarked, in which any person suffers death or serious injury as a result of being
in or upon the aircraft or anything attached thereto, or the aircraft receives substantial damage.
Analysis: Analysis is the process of identifying a question or issues to be addressed, modeling the issue,
investigating model results, interpreting the results, and possibly making a recommendation. Analysis
typically involves using scientific or mathematical methods for evaluation.
Assessment: Assessment is the process of measuring or judging the value or level of something.
Audit: Is the structured and objective assessment of an activity for its compliance or conformity with the
requirements of a defined process, including procedures, practices and documentation. It is a systematic,
independent and documented process for obtaining evidence and evaluating them objectively to determine
the extent the audit criteria are fulfilled. An audit is a scheduled and a formal review to evaluate compliance
with ACA quality standards for our processes, policies, procedures, and contractual requirements. ACAs
audits may also include compliance monitoring. A compliance monitoring audit will be conducted to ensure
compliance with CAAT requirements.
The starting point for an audit is the management and operations of the organization, and it moves outward
to the organization's activities and products/services.
Internal Audit is an audit conducted by ACA to ensure compliance within ACA to ensure compliance with
the overseeing authority's regulations, and ACA quality policies and procedures.
External audit is an audit conducted by ACA conducted by ACA to ensure that contracted service providers
are in compliance with the overseeing authorities regulations, and ACA quality policies and procedures.
Audit Closure: means the point in the Audit Process when all Findings are verified by the Quality Review
Board (QRB) as having been closed by the Auditee.
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Controlled Document: is a document subject to processes that provide for the positive control of content,
revision, publication, distribution, availability and retention.
Corrective Action: Action to eliminate or mitigate the cause( s) and prevent recurrence of an existing
(detected) non-conformance or an existing (detected) undesirable condition or situation.
Corrective Action Plan (CAP): The plan of an Auditee to close a Finding, Concern or Observation through
the implementation of comprehensive and permanent Corrective Action.
Customer: An organization or a person, such as a consumer, client, end-user, retailer, beneficiary and
purchaser; that receives a product or service. A customer can be internal or external relative to the
Company.
Defenses: Defenses are the specific mitigating actions, preventive controls or recovery measures put in
place to prevent the realization of a non-compliance or its escalation into an undesirable consequence.
Department Head: An individual who is responsible for the management and supervision of a specified
area of operations. The term is used synonymously with Department Director.
Discrepancy: (To be read in conjunction with quality assurance) is an item discovered during an audit that
appears to be contrary to applicable regulations and/or Company policies.
Document: Written information that contains standards, and specifications, considered necessary to define
and support the performance of administrative or operational functions. The document includes records
determined by the organization to be necessary to ensure the effective planning, operation and control of its
processes.
Documented: Is the state of an operational specification as published and accurately represented in a
Controlled Document which is subject to processes that provide for the positive control of content, revision,
publication, distribution, availability and retention.
Electronic Document: Soft copy of a document which retained in Memory card/CD/Computer.
Errors: errors is an action or inaction by an operational person that leads to deviations from organizational
or the operational person’s intentions or expectations.
Evaluation: The process of determining whether an item, individual or activity meets specified criteria;
when used in conjunction with training, refers to the process by which an evaluator or instructor determines
how well a student’s performance fulfills the course competencies; processes may include a demonstration
of knowledge, proficiency and/ or competency as appropriate. Equivalent term: Assessment, Checking,
Examination, Testing.
Evidence: Data or information discovered during an Audit that is analyzed by an Auditor and used to
determine conformity to the criteria upon which the audit is based. This may be quantitative or qualitative,
based on observations, measurements, or tests that can be verified by:
Document or manual review
Equipment examination
Activity observation
Interview
External Documents: Documents, which originate from outside the Company, adopted or referenced in
internal documents. Examples include statutory ordinances, regulatory acts, orders and standards; and
manufacturer’s manuals and guidelines.
External Suppliers: A party that supplies goods or services. A supplier may be distinguished from a
contractor or subcontractor, who commonly adds specialized input to deliverables. Also called the vendor.
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Finding ( s) : A statement supported by objective evidence and documented by an Auditor to record non-
conformity to a specification.
Flight Data Analysis ( FDA) : Flight Data Analysis ( FDA) is a proactive and non-punitive program for
gathering and analyzing data recorded during routine flights to improve flight crew performance, operating
procedures, flight training, air traffic control procedures, air navigation services, or aircraft maintenance and
design. FOQA is an example of an FDA program.
Form: A document directly related to a procedure or work instruction with spaces to record information or
signature as objective evidence of accomplishing instructions to satisfy specific requirements.
Gap Analysis: Gap Analysis is a technique that assists in identifying the disparity between the current and
the desired future state.
Guide: A person who is assigned by the department to be audited to accompany the auditor, helping to
explain observations and witness non-compliances.
Head of Quality: The Head of Quality who is acceptable to CAAT and responsible for the management of
the Quality Management System, the monitoring functions and for requesting remedial actions.
High Consequence Indicators: High-consequence indicators are safety performance indicators pertaining
to the monitoring and measurement of high- consequence occurrences, such as accidents or serious
incidents. High-consequence indicators are sometimes referred to as reactive indicators.
operational function even though it is conducted by the second party. Equivalent Terms: Contracting, Sub-
Contraction.
Oversight: Oversight is a function that ensures the effective promulgation and implementation of the
safety-related standards, requirements, regulations, and associated procedures. Safety oversight also
ensures that the acceptable level of risk is not exceeded in ACA's operations.
Plan: The formulation of an action or series of actions designed to achieve a defined end result.
Policy: The stated intentions and direction of an organization.
Post-delivery Activities: include, for example, actions under warranty provision, contractual obligations
such as maintenance services, and supplementary services such as recycling or final disposal.
Predictive: The predictive method captures system performance as it happens in real-time normal
operations.
Preventive Action: Action to eliminate the cause( s) and prevent recurrence of a potential non-
conformance or potential undesirable condition or situation.
Proactive: The proactive method looks actively for the identification of a quality or non-compliance area
that are identified through audits or investigations and the analysis of ACA’s activities.
Probability: Probability is the estimated probability or frequency, in quantitative or qualitative terms, of an
occurrence related to the non-compliance.
Procedure: An organized series of actions accomplished in a prescribed or step-by-step manner to
achieve a defined result.
Process: One or more actions or procedures implemented in a coordinated manner to achieve a goal or
satisfy a requirement. A process consists of a set of interrelated or interacting activities which transforms
inputs into desirable outputs.
Program: An organized set of processes directed toward a common purpose, goal or objective.
Qualification: In the context of a job function, the specification of attributes, work experience
and/ or training required of the job holder.
Quality: The degree to which a system consistently meets specified Requirements, satisfies stated needs
or produces desired outcomes. The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bears
on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs.
Quality Management System ( QMS) : The formal and systematic process of auditing and evaluation of
management system and operational functions of an Operator to ensure:
• Compliance with regulatory and operational requirements;
• Satisfaction of stated operational needs;
• Identification of undesirable conditions and situations requiring improvement;
• Identification of hazards.
Within the Company, quality assurance activities include monitoring, inspection, auditing and requesting
corrective and/or preventive action.
Quality Review Board ( QRB) : Is the management body responsible for the overall function that
determines and implements the quality policy, monitors conformity and elicits corrective actions. The QRB
is managed by designated manager(s) and reports directly to the Accountable Executive.
Quality Assurance Officer: The individual assigned to the duties and responsibilities for supporting of the
quality assurance activities within a management system.
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Quality Control: The audit, inspection or testing of the outcome of a process, which may be a product,
service or function, to determine compliance with technical, performance and/or quality.
Quality Culture: Quality Culture is the product of individual and group values, attitudes, competencies, and
patterns of behavior that determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency of, the organization's
management of quality. Organizations with a positive quality culture are characterized by communications
founded on mutual trust, by shared perceptions of the importance of quality, and by confidence in the
efficacy of preventive measures.
Quality Inspection: Is the act of observing a particular event or action to ensure that correct procedures
and requirements are followed during the accomplishment of that event or action.
The primary purpose of an inspection is to verify that established standards are followed during an
observed event or action.
Quality Management System (QMS): Is the collective plans, activities and events, including organizational
structure, responsibilities, procedures and resources, for implementing and maintaining quality
management to monitor the achievement of the quality policy and the quest of continuous improvement and
to ensure performance results will satisfy given needs. Equivalent term: Quality System.
Quality Objective: An outcome, sought or aimed for, related to the quality of a particular process or
activity. It is based on the Quality Policy and is generally specific and measurable.
Quality Policy: The overall intentions and direction of a company related to quality, as approved by the
Accountable Manager to satisfy customers’ expectations and comply with applicable regulatory
requirements.
Quality Performance: Quality performance is the measurement of ACA's overall quality achievement as
defined by our quality performance targets and quality performance indicators.
Quality Performance Indicator: Quality performance indicator is a short or medium term of a state of
quality, for “Company” or a contract external service provider.
Quality Performance Monitoring: Quality performance monitoring are activities being implemented by
ACAs under QMS requirements.
Quality Performance Target: Quality Performance Target is a long-term of a state quality program or ACA
external service provider QMS.
Quality Planning: Quality planning is part of quality assurance focused on setting quality objectives and
specifying necessary operational processes and related resources to fulfill the quality objectives.
Quality Promotion: Quality promotion is a combination of quality culture, training, and data sharing
activities that support the implementation and operation of a QMS in an organization.
Quality Surveillance: The continual monitoring and verification of the status of the condition, methods,
processes, procedures, products and services, and analysis of records in relation to stated references, to
ensure that specified requirements for quality are met.
Reactive: The reactive method responds to the events that already happened, such as incidents and
accidents.
Recommended Practice: Is a suggested specification, policy, standard, process or procedure, which
fulfillment is considered optional, but desirable.
Record: A document stating results achieved or providing evidence of activities performed.
Responsible Manager: An individual who has been assigned responsibility for supervision and control of a
functional area within the organization that has a direct impact on its operations.
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Reporting Culture: Reporting Culture is an important aspect of a positive quality culture that cultivates the
willingness of every member to contribute to the organization's knowledge base.
Requirement: A specification that is considered an operational necessity; compliance is typically
mandatory.
Root Cause Analysis: A method of analysis to identify the initiating cause in a causal chain that leads to
an undesirable situation or condition. Root cause is the point in the causal chain where corrective action
could reasonably be implemented and expected to correct and prevent recurrence of the undesirable
situation or condition.
Service: Service is an action done to help a person, client or customer.
Service Realization: Service realization is the term used to describe the work that the organization goes
through to develop a service or services.
Security (Aviation): The safeguarding of civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference, achieved by a
combination of measures and human and material resources.
Senior management: The person or group of people who directs and controls a functional department and
has the responsibility for setting policy, demonstrating commitment, meeting requirements, approving
resources, setting objectives, implementing processes and achieving desired outcomes. It is synonymous
to Department Heads.
Severity: Severity is the consequence or impact of a non-compliance in terms of degree of loss or harm.
Shall: means an action verb in the imperative sense that the application of a rule, requirement, provision or
procedure is mandatory.
Should: means that the application of a rule, requirement, provision or procedure is recommended.
Standard: A specified system, policy, program, process, procedure, plan, set of measures, facility,
component, type of equipment or any other aspect of operations that is considered an operational
necessity, and with which an Operator will be expected to be in conformity at the conclusion of an audit.
State (of the Operator): The state in which the operator’s principal place of business is located or if there
is no such place of business, the operator’s permanent residence.
Note: within Company manuals, use of the term “State” has the same meaning as State of the Operator.
Surveillance: A continuing, but intermittent, inspection or audit of a system or combination of systems and
procedures.
System: A system is an integrated set of constituent elements that are combined in an operational or
support environment to accomplish a defined objective. These elements include personnel, hardware,
software, firmware, information, procedures, facilities, services, and other support facets.
Task: An activity accomplished by following a procedure.
Uncontrolled Documents: Documents distributed for reference only that will not be updated with
amendments.
Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program: Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program is any program that encourages
employees to voluntarily report non-compliance, suggestions and inadvertent violations of ACA's policies,
ACA procedures or inadvertent violations of CAAT requirements. Violations reported under this program will
normally be closed out with an administrative or quality committee action.
Work Environment: are the conditions under which work is performed including physical, environmental
and other factors (such as noise, temperature, humidity, lighting or weather).
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References by
ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems - Requirements
FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 120-59A, Air Carrier Internal Evaluation Programs
0.10 Acronyms
The following acronyms are used in the QAM and associated forms.
The annual appraisal shall include the employee overall knowledge of ACA QMS and their dedication to the
improvement of safety within their department.
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Table of Contents
Accountable Manager
(General Manager)
Quality Auditors
Document Control
Center, DCC
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All ACA Nominated Persons have the managerial competency together with appropriate technical
operational qualifications in aviation. ACA Nominated Persons qualifications and qualifications are available
for inspection by the Authority on request.
A person nominated as a post holder by ACA will not be nominated as a post holder by the holder of any
other AOC, unless a request has been submitted to the Authority and it is found to be acceptable to the
Authorities concerned.
The ACA quality policy shall be reviewed periodically by all Nominated Persons to ensure it remains
relevant and appropriate to the organization.
Qualifications
Full control of the human resources required for the operations authorized to be conducted under the
operations certificate;
Full control of the financial resources required for the operations authorized to be conducted under the
AOC;
Direct responsibility for the conduct of ACA affairs; and final responsibility for all quality issues.
Responsibilities
Works with the Head of Quality to establish and maintain ACA Quality Policy and our commitment
to it;
Shall ensure that all Nominated Persons are committed to ACA Quality Management System,
(QMS).
Relationships
Liaise with the overseeing authority, department managers and department's supervisors in their assigned
area of responsibility.
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The Head of Quality main focus is to determine if the quality standards required by all authorities are in
compliance with ACA AOC and all applicable regulations. The Head of Quality is responsible for ensuring
that quality audits and inspections are conducted correctly to all areas of ACA operations. The Head of
Quality shall the Quality Review Board and Nominated Persons informed of all audit and inspection
findings.
The Head of Quality shall ensure that all operations personnel have easy access to a copy of each part of
the Quality Assurance Manual which is relevant to their duties. The Head of Quality shall supply crew
members with a personal copy of the Quality Assurance Manual for their personal study and knowledge.
The Head of Quality will keep a log of the number of Quality Assurance Manual that has been issued to
what department or whom and in what form, printed or electronically.
ACA has established a quality system and has designated one quality manager to monitor compliance with,
and adequacy of, procedures required to ensure safe operational practices and airworthy aircraft. ACA
quality system incorporates compliance monitoring that includes a feedback system to the Accountable
Manager to ensure corrective action as necessary.
ACA Accountable Manager is acceptable to the Authority and has the corporate authority for ensuring that
all operations and maintenance activities can be financed and carried out to the standard required by the
Authority.
ACA will nominate two Head of Qualities. One Quality Manager will oversee quality of operations and the
other Head of Quality will oversee quality for maintenance and Part M.
Responsibilities
The Head of Quality's responsibilities and duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Assembling literature and disseminating anything that is relevant to the quality of ACA operations;
Responsible for all quality audits and inspections for ACA and our contract service providers;
Responsible for overseeing the Compliance Monitoring System and for all compliance monitoring
audits and inspections for ACA and our contract external service providers;
Keeping abreast of current changes with in the aviation industry concerning quality issues,
operations, regulatory requirements, operational and other matters relevant to the Company;
Responsible for the continuous improvement of the quality concern identification and assessment
processes and the organization's QMS;
Promotes an organizational culture that fosters exemplary quality practices through effective
leadership;
Carrying out any further quality related tasks as assigned by the Head of Flight Operations.
The Head of Quality may delegate any duties to a qualified person but still remains responsible for the
delegated task.
Relationships
Liaise with other management personnel, department managers and contract service providers in their area
of responsibility.
1.7 Auditors
Auditors are under the control of the Head of Quality. Auditors will be nominated to either complete or assist
during any audits as necessary.
Auditors should not have any day-to-day involvement in the area of the operation that is to be audited
except in the case of Flight Observations.
A person appointed as auditor must have a minimum of two years experiences working in the aviation area,
or only as a assistant auditor if less than two years experiences. They must be capable of understanding
English and have at least specific knowledge in;
Company quality assurance management system and its policies and objectives.
Audit techniques;
Responsibilities
Schedules and conducts Quality Management System and Compliance Monitoring audits as
directed by the Head of Quality;
Gives feedback to the Head of Quality, Nominated Persons, department managers and
supervisors;
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The records will be used to help appraise the Auditors and Inspectors’ effectiveness and performance.
Responsibilities
The Head of Safety responsibilities and duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Works closely with the Head of Quality to ensure that the QAM processes, policies and procedures are
compliant;
Works closely with the Head of Quality to review and analyze all Non-Conformity Report Form
ACA-QAM-DCP-F05;
Works closely with the Head of Quality to review and analyze all data gathered during all audits or
inspections;
Relationships
Liaise with other management personnel, department managers and contract service providers in their area
of responsibility.
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Responsibilities
The Head of Flight Operations duties and responsibilities include the following, but are not limited to:
The Head of Flight Operations will act as Secretary of the Quality Review Board Meetings;
Assists in the continuous improvement of the quality concern identification and assessment
processes and the organization's QMS.
The Head of Flight Operations may delegate any duties to a qualified person but still remains responsible
for the delegated task.
Relationships
Liaise with the overseeing authority, department managers and department's supervisors in their assigned
area of responsibility.
Responsibilities
The Head of Flight Training responsibilities and duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Provides information to the HOQ regarding quality issues regarding ACAs Flight Crew training
operations and programs;
Attending all ACA’s Quality Review Board meetings, (as practical and if not assigned to flight duty
and away from home base).
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Relationships
Liaise with other management personnel, department managers and contract external service providers in
their area of responsibility.
Responsibilities
The Head of Engineering responsibilities and duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Provides information to the HOQ regarding quality issues regarding ACAs maintenance operations;
Attending all ACA’s Quality Review Board Meetings, (as practical and if not assigned to flight duty
and away from home base).
The Head of Engineering may delegate any duties to a qualified person but still remains responsible for the
delegated task.
Relationships
Liaise with other management personnel, department managers and contract external service providers in
their area of responsibility.
Responsibilities
The Head of Ground Training responsibilities and duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Provides information on the HOQregarding quality issues regarding ACAs ground operations;
Attending all ACA’s Quality Review Board Meetings, (as practical and if not assigned to flight duty
and away from home base).
The Head of Ground Training may delegate any duties to a qualified person but still remains responsible for
the delegated task.
Relationships
Liaise with other management personnel, department managers and contract external service providers in
their area of responsibility.
Responsibilities
The Document Control Administrative responsibilities and duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Distribute all approved manuals to each department, station follow Document Control Process in
Form ACA-QAM-DCP-F31 to 35;
Submit the manuals intended to be revised or generated to the CAAT and follow up the CAAT for
manual approval process;
Update, retain and secure the master List of Document ACA-QAM-DCP-F32 in each department,
station and FSDS;
Update, retain and secure the manuals in the Document Control Center (DCC);
Update, retain and secure the Onboard Library Checklist Form ACA -QAM-DCP-F39;
Attending all ACA Quality Review Board Meetings, (as practical and if not assigned to flight duty
and away from home base).
Qualification Requirement
The Document Control Administrative may delegate any duties to a qualified person but still remains
responsible for the delegated task.
Relationships
Liaise with other management personnel, department managers and contract external service providers in
their area of responsibility.
1.14 Dispatcher
The Dispatcher shall have a sound familiarity with ACA QMS. The Dispatcher shall ensure that ACA quality
policies are followed by all ACA Dispatch employees when dispatching a flight.
Responsibilities
The Dispatch responsibilities and duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Provides information to the HOQ regarding quality issues regarding ACAs flight operations and
Flight Crews;
The Dispatch may delegate any duties to a qualified person but still remains responsible for the delegated
task.
Relationships
Liaise with other management personnel, department managers and contract service providers in their area
of responsibility.
Responsibilities
In-Flight Service Representatives responsibilities and duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Relationships
Liaise with other management personnel, department managers and contract service providers in their area
of responsibility.
Responsibilities
Quality Assurance Officer responsibilities and duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Relationships
Liaise with other management personnel, department managers and contract service providers in their area
of responsibility.
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ACA Quality Management System (QMS), Compliance Monitoring System, (CMS) and Safety
Management System, (SMS) overlap. The QMS, CMS and SMS are all designed to identify risk and non-
compliant areas. Audits and inspections accompanied by a compliance monitoring processes ensure that
all operations can be carried out in such a way as to minimize the risks inherent in the aviation industry.
ACA embraces the principle that the identification of non-compliant areas within our operations and by
correcting non-compliant areas will increase the level of quality and thus increase safety. ACA Quality
Management System when used in conjunction and cooperation with other departments creates a constant
process of preventive action.
ACA depends on our customers and therefore understands current and future customer needs, should
meet customer requirements and strive to exceed customer expectations.
Principle 2 – Leadership
All Nominated Persons shall establish unity of purpose and direction of ACA. They will create and maintain
the internal environment in which employees can become fully involved in achieving the organization’s
objectives.
Employees at all levels are the essence of ACA and their full involvement enables their abilities to be used
for ACAs benefit.
Desired results are achieved more efficiently when activities and related resources are managed as a
process.
Identifying, understanding and managing interrelated processes as a system that contributes to ACA
effectiveness and efficiency in achieving its objectives.
ACA and its suppliers are interdependent on each other and thus have a mutually beneficial relationship
that enhances the ability for both organizations to create value.
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Quality Policy
and Principles
Discovered
Non-Compliances or
Irregularities
Analyze and evaluate the existing situation to identify areas for improvement;
Measure, verify, analyze and evaluate results of the implementation to determine that the
objectives have been met;
Formalizing changes.
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Audits;
Data analysis;
Gap analysis;
Quality Promotion;
Continued Airworthiness;
Management Review;
ACA establishes a number of key QPIs to enable the level of quality performance to be monitored and
reported over time.
Customer satisfaction;
Customer feedback;
Characteristics and trends of processes and products including opportunities for preventive action;
Cost affectivity.
Results of audits;
Results of inspections;
The trend analysis is based on audit/inspection trend monitoring, the prescribed maintenance and flight
operational occurrence reports and daily information received by the safety personnel.
Maintenance, Part M or flight operations findings affecting the CAAT requirements; and
The Head of Quality will monitor the action responses to adverse trends to ensure the trends are being
reversed and are under management control.
The Head of Quality will assess the reports and records of non-compliance annually and produce a report,
highlighting any adverse trend. The report will be distributed for review to the Quality Review Board and
Board of Directors.
2.5.4 Audits
An audit is a scheduled and a formal review to evaluate compliance with ACA quality standards for our
processes, policies, procedures, and contractual requirements. ACAs audits may also include compliance
monitoring. A compliance monitoring audit will be conducted to ensure compliance with CAAT
requirements. The main purpose of an audit is to identify unsatisfactory practices before they cause an
accident. Audits will be carried out in accordance with the Audit Schedule.
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Monthly Quality Memorandum and Notices distributed to ACA employees by the Head of Quality;
ACA is committed to ensuring that all personnel is informed about our quality policies and goals, how well
we are meeting those goals, results of accident and incident investigations, new quality practices, and other
matters dealing with quality.
The Head of Quality has been assigned the responsibility to ensure that the duties of this section are
accomplished.
Whenever a corrective action has to be performed before the next scheduled audit;
Before using a repair station as a contract service provider for airworthiness management or
maintenance.
Note: See the yearly Quality Audit Scope Schedule for all scheduled quality audits.
Through this committee, the implementation of ACA quality processes, policies and procedure that have
been established accordance with ACA; standards, policies and recommended practices will be deliberated
and shall ensure a higher level of quality is achieved.
The committee will publish a quarterly newsletter highlighting upcoming events and keeping ACA abreast of
changes.
The Head of Flight Operations will act as Secretary of the Quality Review Board Meetings.
The Quality Review Board are held every month and attended by:
- Flight Operations
- Ground Operations
- Engineering Department
- Training Department
- Flight Operations
- Engineering Department
- Training Department
- Head of Safety and Security (Review safety issues, Safety Performance, Management of
Change, Safety Investigation Follow Up)
- Review and Update AOCR and Announcement from CAAT by Head of Quality
Assignment
Management Review Meeting shall be chaired by the General Manager managed by the Head of Quality
and attended by the Head of Department with the relevant Responsible Managers, staffs and auditors.
When necessary, external experts are invited to attend to discuss issues and recommend solutions.
In December of each years, the General Manager will hold a formal management review meeting to review
and discuss the continuing effectiveness and adequacy of the quality management system. The review
shall include the evaluation of proposed changes to the quality management system, quality policy and
quality objectives, as well as the assessment of improvement opportunities uncovered by the analyses of
performance trends, achievements and customer survey results.
Head of Quality shall present the results of Internal audit performed in the preceding period for review and
propose improvement plans.
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The General Manager will chair the meeting in an open discussion format to foster idea generation to
assess the situation of the following areas.
Regulatory violations;
Head of Quality will record minutes of the meeting, retain all related documentation, and track assigned
action items in the same manner as audit findings.
Head of Quality shall retain for three years after the management review meeting date:
Agenda
Minutes
Related documentation
The change process including the risk assessment by the Quality Review Board will be recorded,
The amended process, policy or procedure will be distributed to all Nominated Persons by
e-mail by the Head of Quality as describe in the revision section of all affected manuals or
documents,
the Quality Assurance Manual and other associated documentation will be revised or amended by
the responsible Nominated Person and then distributed to Quality Assurance Manual and other
associated documentation holders.
Prior to undergoing any significant change that could impact ACA operations, a management change
process will be undertaken by the Quality Review Board.
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Examples of change that will trigger a need for such a management change process are:
Significant change in the nature of the operation (e.g. dynamic business growth, new
Aircraft SOPs, etc., and a plan for the development of the required changes.
As soon as it has been determined that the change event will occur, a risk assessment will be conducted on
the pending policy change by the Quality Review Board. On the basis of that assessment, and any other
available information, the Quality Review Board will develop an implementation plan. The implementation
plan that has been agreed upon by the Quality Review Board will include a risk analysis of the change
event and an assessment of the changes required.
2.9 Forms
Attachment A: Sample General Minutes of Meeting Form (ACA-QAM-DCP-F36)
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3.1 Introduction
The primary purpose of a quality management system is to identify, in an objective fashion, potentially
unsatisfactory practices, or deviations from requirements or procedures, before they cause an accident,
incident or customer dissatisfaction. The aim of monitoring within the Quality System is primarily to
investigate and judge its effectiveness and thereby to assure that defined policy, and operational,
maintenance and customer standards are continuously complied with. The Quality Assurance Program is
the method used by the Company in order to ensure that laid down flight safety and operational standards
are achieved. Any non-compliance identified is communicated to the responsible manager for corrective
action. Follow-on audit further investigates whether the correction action taken is effective in eliminating the
deficiency.
The principal elements in the Company’s Quality Assurance Program consist of:
Structured audits by qualified auditors according to pre-defined plan, schedule and checklist;
Quality training.
The General Manager has delegated the Head of Quality with the responsibility of managing the quality
management and associated feedback systems, and the authority to mandate corrective actions from
Department Heads.
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3.2 Objective
The primary objective of the Quality Assurance Program is to eliminate or minimize the number of
deviations from quality policies and standards. The Program, in essence, aims to verify/identify:
Adequacy of operational processes to continually fulfill customer and applicable statutory and
regulatory requirements;
To that end, the principal objective of a quality audit is to observe a particular event/action/document etc., in
order to verify whether established operational procedures, requirements and documentation are followed
during the accomplishment of that event/action and whether the required standard is achieved; and to scan
for safety risks and security threats. It is a systematic and independent comparison of the way in which an
operation is being conducted against the published operational procedures to detect any non-compliance to
requirements or non-conformity to procedures.
3.3 Applicability
The Quality Assurance Program applies to:
All subcontractors;
3.4 Commitment
The Company will establish, implement and maintain a quality assurance program that systematically audits
all operational functions using structured audit checklists on a preset schedule. Each audit will compare the
way in which an operation is being conducted against the way in which the published operational
requirements and procedures say it should be conducted and evaluate whether the outcome of the
operation attains the desired quality goals.
All quality deficiencies and concerns noted will be corrected through a formal process until their eradication
is assured.
The Head of Quality shall prepare in October an annual audit plan for the coming year and budget sufficient
funds to recruit personnel, conduct training, and cover expenses for the planned activities.
It is the responsibility of the General Manager to provide the necessary resources to implement the quality
assurance program and the related corrective/preventive action plans.
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Managing a feedback system to track and monitor the completion of remedial actions within the
agreed time frame;
Maintaining a data base of audit findings and concerns and their remedial actions;
Evaluating recorded data for trends to improve policies and standards accordingly;
Assisting the Head of Quality in developing audit checklists and organizing audits
Monitor completion of corrective/preventive action plans within the agreed time frame, and adjust
course as deemed necessary
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3.5 Audits
An audit is scheduled check of ACA departmental operations or our contract external services providers
operations. Audits help to confirm that ACA or our contract external services provider's processes, policies
or procedures are compliant with ACA standards and compliant with CAAT requirements.
ACAs audits may also include compliance monitoring. A compliance monitoring audits will be conducted to
ensure compliance with CAAT requirements.
Audits are used to confirm that processes, policies, resources, procedures and results are focused and
relevant to the ACA operation. The main purpose of an audit is to identify unsatisfactory practices before
they cause an accident. Audits will be carried out in accordance with the Audit Schedule by consensus
Quality Review Board.
Checklists are required to be completed before conducting Audits. The Quality Audit or Inspection Forms is
required and shall be delivered to the Head of Quality within 5 working days of completing the Audit.
The Head of Quality shall monitor the effectiveness of the Audit Schedule, if required; changes are to be
affected through the Quality Review Board review process.
Organization
Operational Procedures
Aircraft Performance
Usage of MEL
Maintenance Accomplishment
Deferred Defect
Dangerous Goods
Security
Training
Review the following submitted reports and make recommendations to improve safety and/or quality; ACA-
QAM-DCP-F02 Audit Scope Schedule Form.
To verify the effectiveness and adequacy of quality processes and procedures in use;
Reporting;
The flow of the Audit Process is shown in Figure 3-1, and the application of audit mechanism is defined in
Audit Procedures.
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Head of Quality
• Plans audit schedule
• Assembles Audit Team
• Develops audit checklist
• Notifies Auditee
Audit Team No
• Performs audit
• Has findings?
Yes
Auditors
• Discus remiedial action(s)
• Define person responsible to
implement
• Agree on target completion date
Head of Quality
Auditors • Publishes Quarterly List of CAP Status
No
• Prepare audit report • Prepares annual summary QMS
• Remedial action(s) annually review
required? • Retains records
• Maintains trend analysis database
Yes
In October of each year, the Head of Quality shall prepare the Master Audit Form (ACA-QAM-DCP-F02) to
schedule all audits to be conducted in the forthcoming year according to the last audited date and the
applicable audit intervals. Upon completion, the Head of Quality distributed the Audit Scope Schedule to the
relevant departments, subcontractors and suppliers to give notice for their preparation.
While the Head of Quality can establish audit frequency at its discretion however, as a minimum, quality
audits shall schedule at the following frequencies.
Audit Schedule is shown in the Master Audit Plan by month. In principle, each audit is executed in the
month for which it is planned. Audits which are not executed by the 15th of the following month due to
operational conditions are considered as delayed audits. In such cases a new date is determined, and this
date should be within 30 days from the date it is considered delayed. The Master Audit Plan is revised
accordingly. No second deferral is allowed.
Auditors shall not have any day-to-day involvement in the area of the operation which is to be audited.
Quality audit principles forbid an auditor from auditing his or her own work area. The Head of Quality must
ensure auditors are not put in a position where their objectivity may be subject to bias due to conflicting
responsibilities.
Subject Matter Expert (SME) for each technical area should escort and provide technical information to
internal auditor if his technical knowledge is limited in order to ensure the effectiveness of audit.
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To plan and conduct an interview with the Auditee and evaluate our quality policy and objectives;
To audit processes for conformance and effectiveness, including any specific quality objectives;
To evaluate objective evidence and correctly identify conformance and non-conformance with
requirements;
To report findings accurately against our manual requirements, write and grade non-conformity
reports and evaluate proposals for corrective action and follow up a quality audit that establishes
conformity our requirements; and
Head of Departments;
Responsible Manager/Supervisor;
Pilot;
Flight Engineer;
To enhance impartiality and independence of external auditors, the Head of Quality shall require an
external auditor to observe the following code of ethics:
Not to accept any gift, commission, or any other form of profit from any person;
Not to disclose any audit finding or any other information gained in the course of the audit to any
third party, unless authorized in writing by the Company;
In the event of any alleged breach of this code, to cooperate fully in any formal enquiry procedure.
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The scope (i.e., the breadth), taking into account the focus area of the audit; relevant operational
events that have occurred, and corrective actions implemented from previous audit(s);
The objectives (i.e., the tangible achievements) expected to result from the audit, normally
expressed as a statement of intent (e.g., to determine compliance with regulatory requirements, to
establish conformity with standards, to determine efficiency of operations);
The points of reference in the specifications, policies, standards, processes and procedures to be
sampled and verified;
A method for randomly examining products or services, systems and special materials or
processes.
All confirmed findings with their evidence are then recorded on the Audit Checklist after agreement of the
facts with the Auditee. An index number is given to each finding.
SRC – safety related concerns (currently in compliance and conformance, but the problem may
have safety implications)
QRC – quality related concerns (currently in compliance and conformance, but the problem
indicates a weakness in the quality system)
After categorization, Auditors record in the Audit Checklist the category determined for each finding and
inform the accountable Auditee to recommend corrective actions within the time frame designated below.
Level 1 Findings
Findings categorized as NCP non-compliance with regulations that degraded the operational standards of
an aircraft or a process to an extent with significant risk for flight safety, or being unable to gain access to
any aircraft, facilities or offices after notification in writing twice are Level 1 Findings requiring immediate
notification of the Head of Departments to take corrective action within 3 days of notification.
Level 2 Findings
Findings assessed to be NCF, SRC, or QRC which could lower the standards of the aircraft and/or possibly
create safety hazards are Level 2 Findings, requiring immediate notification of the Department Head and a
Corrective Action Plan (CAP) within 7 days of notification.
Level 3 Findings
Auditors shall:
scrutinize, and enhance as needed, the thoroughness of the root cause analyses;
judge, and upgrade where applicable, the corrective or preventive actions recommended;
raise a Non-Conformity Report (NCR) for each finding to enable tracking of the progress and
completion of its CAP.
At the conclusion of discussions, the Audit Team shall present a copy of the Preliminary Audit Report,
which is the Audit Checklist recorded with the findings and CAP, for signing by the Department Head as
acknowledgement that the audit has ended. The Preliminary Audit Report is then reproduced and
distributed to the attendees at the close of the meeting.
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Before issue the NCR / PAR, the auditor(s) have to request the NCR control number from Head of Quality.
A copy of the formal report attached with all open NCRs will be sent to the relevant Head of Department for
his reference to complete all CAPs.
3.9 Forms
Attachment A: Sample Audit Notification (ACA-QAM-DCP-F01)
Table of Contents
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4.1 Introduction
Corrective action may take many forms: it may be as simple as a policy letter or require in depth changes to
training programs, manuals, or procedures. Corrective steps may also be implemented as preventive
actions to forestall the occurrence of potential unsafe or noncompliant outcomes. Regardless of the form or
type of action to be taken, an effective method must be developed to monitor, measure, and validate the
effectiveness of corrective actions taken.
Designating a person who will be responsible for implementing the action plan;
Initiating follow-up audits to verify effectiveness of the actions taken in preventing recurrence;
Each new or subsequent audit should evaluate the effectiveness of corrective/preventive steps taken during
prior audits. A continual review of the corrective action process assures a level of internal oversight as well
as providing a method of validating corrective/preventive actions.
4.2 Objective
The Corrective Action Process is established to implement a management system that assures the
completion of intended action plans and validates the continual effectiveness of the actions taken in
eliminating the root causes of unsafe conditions or non-conforming occurrence.
4.3 Applicability
The Corrective Action Process can be applied to address undesirable situations arising from non-conformity
or discrepancies discovered in quality audits, management reviews, service shortfalls and customer
complaints.
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4.4 Policy
Each Non-Conformity Report (NCR) and its associated Corrective Action Plan (CAP) shall be assigned a
reference number to facilitate tracking progress and monitoring completion.
For each NCR, it is the responsibility of the relevant Responsible Manager to:
The Auditor reporting the finding, observation or concern is responsible to scrutinize and determine
whether the proposed action plan will be effective in eliminating the cause in a timely manner. He/ She has
veto power to amend the action plan proposed by the Responsible Manager. Any dispute between the two
parties shall be arbitrated by the Head of Departments if an agreement cannot be reached, The Head of
Quality has final authority in determining which corrective/preventive actions to take and when such actions
shall be accomplished.
Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the relevant Department Head to ensure that all corrective action plans
are implemented and that the actions taken are effective in eliminating the undesirable conditions.
The Head of Quality is responsible to:
• Track the progress and status of all corrective action plans;
• Verify completion;
• Notify Department Head and request resolution of delinquent implementation;
• Schedule follow-up audits to validate the effectiveness of actions taken;
• Issue new NCR if actions taken are deemed ineffective;
• Close the NCR upon confirmation that the non-conformity has been eliminated.
The Head of Quality is responsible to track progress, verify completion, schedule follow-up audit and close
out preventive action plans implemented in his/her department.
Only Head of Quality has the authority to extend the completion due date of a corrective action plan up to a
maximum period of 60 days. No further extension is permitted. In the event that it is not possible to observe
such time limit, the activity affected by the deficiency shall be suspended until corrective actions are
accomplished.
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All NCRs with their associated CAPs shall be submitted to the Auditors for final discussion and acceptance
during the Audit Closing Meeting. The Lead Auditor is required to check and ensure each NCR is complete
and the proposed counter-measures will be effective in precluding recurrence of the non-conformity. He has
the authority to reject any NCR or CAP that he finds incomplete or deems to be ineffective and to submit
any undecided or disputed NCR to the Head of Quality for final decision.
NCRs generated during Department Self-Audits will be recorded in the NCR Status Log by the Head of
Quality.
The results of the follow-up audit shall be recorded in the respective NCR Status Log.
If the Head of Quality is satisfied that the actions taken have effectively eliminated the root causes of the
associated non-conformity, the Head of Quality will close out the NCR; otherwise, a new NCR will be issued
detailing further corrective actions required, and the process is repeated.
Figure 4-1 depicts the flow and steps of the Corrective/Preventive Action Process.
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Responsible Manager
• Identifies root causes
• Designs corrective action
• Assigns person responsible
• Proposes time frame
Auditor
Auditor/Department Head
• Consults Head of
• Examines root cause analysis
Department
• Evaluates recommended action plan
No/Disputed
CAP accepted?
Yes
Head of Quality
• Tracks progress
• Reports status quarterly Head of Quality
• Upon request, extend
maximum 60 days,
• Refers to GM / Department Head
No
CAP completed
as scheduled?
Yes
Head of Quality
• Schedules follow-up audit
within 30 days
No
CAP effective?
Yes
Head of Quality
• Closes NCR/PAP
• Summarizes for Management Review
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The investigation must be fact-based. It is usually helpful to have a small team of informed and involved
individuals associated with the process to offer insight and suggest corrective actions. Although human
factors may play a part, focus should also be placed on physical factors, such as workplace environment,
facilities, equipment and tooling; process factors, such as clarity of instructions; and training/understanding
of methodology for the work to be properly accomplished. Flow or process diagrams of the affected process
are a logical starting place. Typically, each item in the process, and interactions among such items, are
questioned or analyzed in an attempt to determine which either caused or contributed to the ultimate
deficiencies. Often the interactions resulted in a cumulative effect that elicits the deficiency. Once each
potential weakness is diagnosed, the individual/team analyzes each to identify possible solutions and then
evaluate each solution to determine whether it will be effective in eliminating the deficiency.
Level 1 Finding degraded the operational standards of an aircraft or a process to an extent with significant
risk for flight safety. Corrective actions shall be implemented by the Responsible Manager as soon as
practical and in all cases within 3 days of receiving notification. When it is not possible to observe such time
limit, the activity affected by the deficiency shall be suspended until corrective actions are accomplished.
As soon as the deficiency is eliminated, an audit shall be carried out immediately afterwards in order to
ascertain the effectiveness of the corrective action taken. If the deficiency persists, the Level 1 Finding shall
be reported immediately to the Department Head for resolution. The activity affected by the deficiency shall
remain suspended until effective correction is assured.
Level 2 Finding decreased company quality standards but would not directly impair flight safety. The
Responsible Manager shall propose a Corrective Action Plan within 7 days after receiving notification.
Implementation and completion schedule shall be in accordance with the proposed CAP. The Head of
Quality shall organize a follow-up audit upon completion of the CAP, as applicable.
Level 3 Finding does not lower quality standards or impairs flight safety. The Responsible Manager shall
propose a Prevention Action Plan within 30 days after the audit is completed. Implementation and
completion schedule shall be in accordance with the proposed plan. Upon completion, Head of Quality shall
carry out a self-audit to verify the effectiveness of the actions taken.
The Head of Quality enters the CAPs into a computer-based NCR Status Log and tracks their due dates.
Delinquent action plans will be issued a new NCR having the same reference index number as the original
with a sequential dash number and referred to the Department Head for immediate resolution. The revised
implementation date is established by discussions and mutual agreement between the Department Head
and the Head of Quality but shall not be more than 60 days from the original completion due date. No
further extension will be permitted. In case a delinquent CAP is not completed by the Department Head
within the agreed time frame, the Head of Quality refers it to the Managing Director for final resolution.
4.7 Forms
Attachment A: Sample Non-Conformity Status Log [Form ACA-QAM-DCP-F04]
Table of Contents
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To a certain extent, ACAs’ safe operation depends on reliable contract external service provider’s quality
performance.
All ACA contracted external service providers must deliver services to an agreed contractual specification.
To ensure quality, the ACA Compliance Monitoring Quality Management System will monitor audit or
inspect the standard of all contracted external service providers.
Before ACA uses a contract external service provider, the Head of Quality will conduct an audit of the
external contract service provider to ensure that the contracted external service providers have the
necessary manpower, resources, authorization and/or approvals to conduct all required services. The audit
will be recorded on External Supplier Evaluation Checklist Form (ACA-QAM-DCP-F19) or External Supplier
On-Site Assessment Checklist and Evaluation (ACA-QAM-DCP-F23) when Auditors on site audit. The audit
may be conducted in person or over the phone if all requested records and references can be emailed or
faxed to the Head of Quality. If away from home base and in unforeseen circumstances, the Pilot-in-
Command may conduct a spot audit before using any services. Normally, a spot audit will be conducted by
the Pilot-in-Command for maintenance, fueling or de-icing. The Pilot-in-Command will use their best
judgment and decide if any services will be used. The Pilot-in-Command will contact the Head of Quality
and/or other Nominated Persons if they have any doubts or questions before using any services.
All ACA are made aware through their initial and recurrent training that if we purchase goods or services
from a contract external service provider, ACA remains responsible for the purchased goods or services
and shall undertake the necessary controls to ensure quality for the contracted service. All ACA are made
aware through their initial and recurrent training that the responsibility for the quality of the product or
services also remains with ACA. A written agreement will exist and shall clearly define responsibilities
between ACA and all contracted external service providers. It will be made clear that all agreed activity
contained in the agreement will be subject to ACA Quality standards. If ACA satisfies aircraft operational
needs through a wet lease agreement with another operator ACA monitor the performance of such other
operator to ensure operational quality, safety and security needs of the ACA are being fulfilled (audits and
inspections).
When a contracted external service provider service falls below standard, contractual action shall be taken
and non-conformity awareness root cause within the Quality Management System. In this event, the Head
of Quality is responsible for closely monitoring the external service provider to ensure that quality is not
compromised.
All ACA department managers and supervisors and employees will ensure all contracted external services
are executed to a high standard of safety.
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Head of Quality
• Identifies Supplier
• Requests Evaluation
Head of Quality
• Interviews by telephone or Email
• Sends Self-audit Questionnaire
• Evaluates
Supplier No
Approved?
Yes
Head of Quality
• Registers in Approved Supplier List
Head of Quality
• Continues monitoring for quality
and performance
• Re-Evaluation audit every 3 years
• Updates Approved Supplier List
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DATE: 25/12/2019
All ACA operational staff shall perform daily monitoring of external service providers, and if they have any
suggestions, questions or complaints, they shall inform their immediate ACA manager or supervisor who
will then inform the Ground Handling Manager who is responsible for communication with their employees.
The contracted Ground Handling Manager shall inform the ACA Head of Quality about all results of internal
audits or inspections conducted by the contracted external service provider or outsourced audit or
inspection results. The purpose of such monitoring is to ensure databases and other internal and external
sources of operational data provided for the support of operations are current, accurate and complete.
5.2 Forms
Attachment A: Sample Approved External Supplier List (ACA-QAM-DCP-F18)
Attachment C: Sample External On-Site Assessment Checklist and Evaluation Form (ACA-QAM-DCP-F23)
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DATE: 25/12/2019
Attachment C: Sample External On-Site Assessment Checklist and Evaluation Form (ACA-QAM-
DCP-F23) Page 1 of 6
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DATE: 25/12/2019
Attachment C: Sample External On-Site Assessment Checklist and Evaluation Form (ACA-QAM-
DCP-F23) Page 2 of 6
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DATE: 25/12/2019
Attachment C: Sample External On-Site Assessment Checklist and Evaluation Form (ACA-QAM-
DCP-F23) Page 3 of 6
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DATE: 25/12/2019
Attachment C: Sample External On-Site Assessment Checklist and Evaluation Form (ACA-QAM-
DCP-F23) Page 4 of 6
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DATE: 25/12/2019
Attachment C: Sample External On-Site Assessment Checklist and Evaluation Form (ACA-QAM-
DCP-F23) Page 5 of 6
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DATE: 25/12/2019
Attachment C: Sample External On-Site Assessment Checklist and Evaluation Form (ACA-QAM-
DCP-F23) Page 6 of 6
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DATE: 25/12/2019
Table of Contents
6.3 Initial Quality Management System Training Syllabus / All Employees .................................................5
6.4 Recurrent Quality Management System Training Syllabus / All Employees ..........................................6
6.6 Forms......................................................................................................................................................6
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DATE: 25/12/2019
The Head of Quality will be responsible for training Auditors as required in line with procedures in this
section. Auditors must be considered proficient before being released to active service in the audit area.
All personnel is to receive training on ACA QMS during their Initial New Hire Training Course. The
employees training records will reflect that the employee has completed the Quality Management System
Training Modules.
must have passed their probationary period and be full-time employees of ACA
must complete ACA Auditor Training Course with pass marks in all training subjects;
must complete ACA recurrent training every 24 calendar months to retain their status as Auditors.
I Feedback 1.0
I Feedback 1.0
.
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6.6 Forms
Attachment A: Sample Attendance Record Form (ACA-QAM-DCP-F28)
Table of Contents
All records of the Quality Management System will be maintained by the Head of Quality.
These records may be electronic. In this case standard ACA computer backup procedures. The Quality
Assurance Manual shall be used to ensure record integrity.
ACA will use computer back-ups that will be kept on a mainframe computer( s) or on a mobile flash drive
that can be disconnected from the mainframe computer and kept in a fireproof safe. The Head of Quality is
responsible for ensuring that all quality related information, document, records, forms and logs are backed
up once a week.
The following paper and electronic records shall be maintained for a period of five (5) years:
The purpose of this procedure is to define the system for the maintenance, identification, indexing, storage
and control of documents and records to ensure that all regulatory and customer requirements have been
met. Disposition of records also includes their disposal.
The Head of Quality has the overall responsibility for the record control system, including the issuance and
maintenance of this procedure. All proposed changes and other suggestions for improvement should be
submitted to the Head of Quality in accordance with the policies outlined in this manual. All proposed
changes will be reviewed as they are submitted and will be reviewed annually for compliance with
requirements and regulations and to establish consistency with other policies and objectives associated
with the quality management system. The Head of Quality maintains a master copy of this document and
controls its electronic and hard copy distribution as well as any other ACA forms and/or record formats
required provisionally. Documents will be retained in accordance with the retention periods outlined in 7.2
(see below):
Whenever QMS documents are missing or discrepancies/irregularities are found, an appropriate report
shall be forwarded to the Head of Flight Operations
Following the retention period, all documents that are deemed unnecessary by Management will be
destroyed using methods that are environmentally safe and recycling where necessary.
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DATE: 25/12/2019
Digital/Electronic Backups of internal documents will be backed up weekly and stored in the company safe.
External documents will be disseminated and retained by their associated department heads for a period up
to 5 years. Documents demonstrating supplier capability and on-going performance will be retained as long
as the supplier is active.
Quality Inspection and Audit checklists and reports will be retained for
a period of 5 years. 5 Years
Follow-up and closure reports will be retained for a period of 5 years. 5 Years
External documents and audits will be retained for a period of 5 years 5 Years
7.4 Storage
Records are stored in a dry and clean environment. Cabinets containing records are clearly labeled to
display their contents. Records and other quality documents may not be stored in private desk drawers or
other obscure locations that are not generally known. Records are retained by record holders in either their
active location or their final storage locations and/or archives.
7.5 Disposal
Disposal or Obsolete Documents refer to QAM Chapter 8.8.3 Identification and Disposal of Obsolete
Documents.
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FLIGHT SYSTEM DOCUMENT CONTROL REVISION: ORIGINAL
DATE: 25/12/2019
Table of Contents
AC Aviation flight safety documentation system enables communication of intent and consistency of action.
Its use contributes to:
Standardization of procedures;
Evaluation of the effectiveness and continuing suitability of the quality management system.
All Company documents are published in English or in dual Thai/English language and centrally generated
and controlled by the Document Control Administrative to ensure a company-wide consistency in
documentation philosophy, format and presentation of contents. Documents are prepared within the
relevant department, reviewed by the responsible manager and approved by the Department Head or,
where applicable, the regulatory authority.
Flight safety documents should be organized according to a criteria which ensure easy access to
information required for flight and ground operations contained in the various operational documents
comprising the system and which facilitate management of the distribution and revision of operational
documents.
Information contained in a flight safety documents system should be grouped according to the importance
and use of the information, as follows:
The information provided is grouped according to the importance and use of the information as follows:
a) Time critical information, e.g. information that can jeopardize the safety of the operation if not
immediately available; This includes: Normal checklists, Abnormal and Emergency Checklists;
NOTAMS, These are all contained within easy reach (available) on the aircraft ensuring their
immediate accessibility to the Flight Crew and Technical Engineers as required.
b) Time sensitive information that can affect the level of safety or delay the operation if not available in
a short period; This type of information will be found in the MEL, Flight Safety Circulars, Service
Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives and Authority Circulars.
c) Frequently used information which includes; Operations Manual Part A (general non-type specific
Company procedures and requirements); Operations Manual Part B (Aircraft type specific operating
procedures, including SOP), Airport Data and Runway Analysis tables); and Operations Manual
Part C (Route manuals and aerodrome instructions and information) etc.
d) Reference information, e.g. information that is required for the operation but does not fall under (b)
or (c) above; Supplementary information; Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM), AIP’s, AOCR and Ops
Specs, etc.
e) Information that can be grouped based on the phase of operation in which it is used; This would
include documents such as Standard Operating Procedures etc.
Time critical information should be placed early and prominently in the flight safety documents system.
Time critical information, time sensitive information, and frequently used information should be placed in
cards and quick-reference guides. (refer to form ACA-OPS-FSD-01, ACA-OPS-FSD-02, ACA-OPS-FSD-03,
ACA-OPS-FSD-04)
Head of Safety will responsible for Flight Safety Document System validation, Quality Review Board
meeting will use to validated and verify before deployment.
Operational documents will include a glossary of terms, acronyms and their standard definition updated on
a regular basis to ensure the most recent industry standard terminology is being utilized. All significant
terms, acronyms and abbreviation included in Company documents should be defined.
Mandatory terms such as “must”, “shall” and “is/are required” shall be used to convey the intent of the
requirements where applicable. The term “must” is used when there is a regulatory requirement, “shall” is
used when there is a duty requirement
The term “should” is to be understood to mean that the proposed method of compliance is strongly
recommended, unless an alternative method of safety protection is implemented that would meet or exceed
the intent of the recommendation.
In each December, Document Control Administrative will review standardization across documents type,
including writing style, terminology use of graphics and symbols, and formatting across documents includes
in Schedule Revision.
8.2 Objective
The primary purpose of Flight Safety document control is to ensure necessary, accurate and up-to-date
documents are available to those personnel required to use them, to include, in the case of outsourced
operational functions, employees of external service providers. Documents are controlled to ensure that
they are:
Controlled documents shall be identified by title, assigned a control number, defined by revision/issue/date
status, and distributed through the distribution control process. When detached or copied from a controlled
document, a page loses its control and becomes an uncontrolled document.
A “loose’ document that is not held within a manual shall include a title page that identifies:
Publications not distributed through the distribution control process are uncontrolled and will not be updated
with revisions. Uncontrolled manuals shall be used only for reference and never for work accomplishment.
Superseded pages are removed from circulation and destroyed. On signing and dating the Record of
Revisions the Document Holder attests completing the revision and returning the pages removed.
A. Time Critical Information ACA-OPS-FSD-01: Head of safety shall verify ASAP no later than 12 hrs.
B. Time Sensitive Information ACA-OPS-FSD-02: Head of safety shall verify within 24 hrs.
Approving proposed documents after ensuring their contents are adequate, accurate, current and
written in clear, easy-to-understand style that observes human factors principles;
Ensuring relevant documents are current, complete, legible and readily available at the points of
use;
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Regularly backing up documents circulated in electronic media, and safekeeping of the backup
diskettes.
Report any inadequacy, error or ambiguity in instructions found in the contents; and
Page size: A4
The Page Header will reflect the Manual Issue Number, the Revision Number, and the Date. See the
example below.
CHAPTER: QA
OPERATIONS MANUAL PART A PAGE: 10 3
ISSUE: 1
INTRODUCTION
REVISION: ORIGINAL
1 2 DATE: DD/MM/YY
Company Logo
- Height: 1.18 cm.
1
- Width: 3.19 cm.
Manual Title and Section Title
- Manual title: Block letters sized 10 pt (bold)
2
- Section title: Small letters sized 10 pt (bold)
Page Control Block
3 - Section number
- Page number
- Issue number
- Revision number
- Effective date (dd/mm/yy)
Located in the footer at the bottom-Left of each page are: “AC Aviation Co., Ltd.”
Company Logo
- Height 4.20 cm
1
- Width 12.00 cm
Name of Document
- sized 22 pt
2
OPERATIONS MANUAL
3 Issue:1
Revision: Original
Company Logo
- Height 4.20 cm
1
- Width 12.00 cm
Name of Document
2 - sized 22 pt
3 - sized 12 pt
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This page presents the internal manual name and position responsible of manual. It also identifies the copy
number or the manual. The format of layout and wording required within this page are shown below;
CHAPTER: MCS
OPERATIONS MANUAL PART A PAGE: 13 1
ISSUE:1
MANUAL CONTROL SHEET REVISION: ORIGINAL
DATE:15/12/16
Issue: 1
Revision: Original
Effective Date: TBA
This is the AC Aviation Operations Manual, established for the purpose of implementation
by all operational person and hereby approved:
3
Manual Number: _________________01______________________
1 Issue Number, Revision number and Effective Date of Document using sized 10 pt
This page gives the reader a comprehensive overview of what topics the document covers. It's orderly
listing of topics provides a quick way to find specific information. The format of layout and wording required
within this page are shown below;
TABLE OF CONTENT
4 Page Number
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This page provides a complete list of all effective pages of the manual according to each revision. The
format of layout and wording required within this page are shown below.
CHAPTER: ROR
OPERATIONS MANUAL PART A PAGE: 16
ISSUE:1
RECORD OF REVISION REVISION: ORIGINAL
DATE:15/12/16
Record of Revisions
When receiving a revision, insert the "Date of the Revision"; insert the name to the
1 2 3 4 5
1 Revision Number
4 Name
5 Signature
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This page shows the revision instruction and revision highlight. Each manual holder shall follow the
instruction and revise manuals accurately. The formal of layout and wording required within this page are
shown below.
2 3 4 5
2 CHAPTER Number
5 Revision Reason
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The following personnel below are on the controlled distribution list and have been issued a controlled
copy of this document. Any change to the controlled distribution list must be authorized and recorded
by the Document Control Center.
1 2 3
ACA documents should include an Abbreviation of terms, acronyms, and their standard definition,
updated on a regular basis to ensure access to the most recent terminology. All significant terms,
acronyms, and abbreviations included in the flight safety documents system should be defined.
- Definitions
- abbreviation
- acronyms
j) Content Body
2 Heading 1
3 Heading 2
5 Sub-paragraph
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k) Water Mark
Submit the Document Approval Change Request Form (ACA-QAM-DCP-F31) to the relevant
Responsible Manager for evaluation and acceptance;
Identify Affected parties to ensure that each manual responsible person acknowledge and affect to
responsible manual;
Submit the accepted Document Approval Change Request Form to Responsible Manual for
Verified;
Scan the approved Document Approval Change Request Form and associated documents for file;
o Transforms the draft document into Company standard format, assigning a number
sequential to the Temporary revision or Annual Revision issued;
Upon finishing change request packet, the Document Control Administrative logs in the Document
Approval Change Request record, document shall be review again by Holder of the manual, or
assigned representative of the holder of the manual;
After accepted by Holder of the manual, or assigned representative of the holder of the manual,
Document Control Administrative shall;
After approval, or in the case where Authority approval is not required, Document Control
Administrative sends a master copy of the revision packet to the relevant Department Document
Controller for distribution.
If the Responsible Manager or Department Head rejects the Document Approval Change Request Form,
he/she shall return the Document Approval Change Request Form to the requester with an explanation of
the reasons for refusal.
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In every December, the responsible Head of each Department shall follow the Annual Manual Review
Checklist (Form ACA-QAM-DCP-F40) and review the contents of his/her assigned document(s) to
incorporate amendments addressing:
Operational feedback;
No
Corrected?
Yes
No Document Control
Approved? Administrative provided
corrective action as request
Yes
General Documentation:
Principle of Document Code
Purpose: to control and record
ACA-XXX-XXX
Example: Manual of Aircraft Maintenance Program (AMP) within Engineering Department (ENG)
would be “ACA-ENG-AMP
ACA-XXX-XXX-FXX
F= Form
Company name abbreviation
XX = number, 01…..99
Example: Form use which generated from Document control procedure, the form Number would be “ACA-
QAM-DCP-F01“
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XXX-XXX-Year
c. Each department responsible person shall control the External document are retained by the
responsible person in the Controlled Copy Register for External Documents and record in the Form
no: ACA-QAM-DCP-F31 “Document Approval Change Control Form and record in the Form no:
ACA-QAM-DCP-F33 “External Documents List Control Form”
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The Document Control Administrative is responsible for distributing documents within 30 days. Each
document is serial numbered and sent to the specific individuals registered in the Controlled Distribution
List. The distribution procedure does not apply to non-controlled documents.
Document holders are responsible to notify the Document Control Administrative when his/her document is
lost or mutilated or when replacement pages are needed. All employees must return all Company
documents issued to them upon their resignation or termination of employment with the Company.
The Document Control Administrative is responsible to retain a master copy of the Controlled Distribution
List of each controlled document and to amend the affected Master Controlled Distribution List whenever
there is change in the status of the document holders, such as adding new holders or deleting resigned or
terminated holders and forward a copy of the revised list to update in file.
Place one copy in the document behind the Record of Revisions and remove all previous Revision
Transmittal;
Enter the revision number and date inserted on the Record of Revision in the document and sign
the entry with his/her initials, and
Attach all removed pages and return them with the second copy of the signed Transmittal to the
Document Control Administrative within 15 days of the revision distribution date.
The Document Control Administrative is responsible for all documents requiring distributing in Electronic
Format. The Documents shall be uploaded and updated to Web manual.
Figure 8.2 Flight Safety Document Control – Distribution Control Process Flowchart
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Upon receiving a revision packet, each document holder, after accomplishing the revision, shall attach all
removed pages and return them together with the second copy of the signed Revision Transmittal to The
Document Control Administrative within 15 days of the revision distribution date.
The Document Control Administrative monitors Revision Transmittals returned from the document holders
and issues a reminder to those who have not returned their signed transmittal and removed pages within 20
days after the revision packet is distributed.
If the delinquent holders again fail to respond within 10 days after the reminders are sent, The Document
Control Administrative shall notify the Head of Department to follow up with those individuals.
All documents requiring distribution to document holders shall be uploaded to Web manual (https://
http://www.ac-aviation.com).
Web manual is maintained and controlled by The Document Control Administrative. All staff shall able to
access to the Web manual with Username and Password.
The Document Control Administrative is the responsible person to notify all staff about new revision able to
download in Web manual within 30 days before their effective date.
All staff shall acknowledge of revision by signed acknowledge on Web Manual Acknowledgment Form
(ACA-QAM-DCP-F41) as provide by The Document Control Administrative to each department within 15
days after notification.
If staff still not signed an acknowledgment, The Document Control Administrative shall notify to the
Department Head to follow up this those individuals.
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Figure 8.3 Flight Safety Document Control – Distribution Control Process Flowchart
Document Control
Administrative
No
Sends first reminder
Transmittal received from to delinquent
each holder within 15 days manual holders, or If
first reminder is not
answered in 10
Yes days, notifies Head
of Department
Document Control Administrative No
Separates and destroys obsolete pages
Head of Department
Files Transmittals or Department Head Rectifies situation
dispositions, as applicable in related And replies to
Revision Packet Folder Document Control
Administrative within
10 days
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DCR, draft amendment, and background or source documents initiating or substantiating the
revision;
The master Revision Packet received from the Document Control Administrative;
The Document Control Administrative is responsible to dispose obsolete documents in circulation. All pages
replaced by revision are returned with the Transmittal to the Document Control Administrative as evidence
that the document holder has removed the obsolete pages from use. The Document Control Administrative
shall detach the obsolete pages from the Revision Transmittal and destroy them by shredding. All other
copies in stock shall also be shredded.
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8.9 Forms
Attachment A: Sample Document Approval Change Control Form (ACA-QAM-DCP-F31)