Engineering

• SAAT’s engineering specialists ensure that the organisation maintains its reputation as a centre of excellence in aviation engineering.
• Engineering teams, highly qualified in each of their disciplines, provide a range of services to local and international airlines.These include the development of standards and specifications. In addition, Engineering performs engine reliability monitoring as well as the control, evaluation, development and incorporation of mandatory and product improvement modifications.
• Engineering staff attend advanced training courses, locally and at the Boeing and Airbus factories, keeping up to date with international best practices, in aviation engineering.
• This enables them to reduce aircraft turnaround time while producing work of the highest international standards. An extensive Technical Library provides engineering staff with constantly updated documents and technical information including thousands of manuals, both in hard copy and online. This information includes a Master Engineering List, a Modification Registry, Aviation Directives, Service Letters and Bulletins.
• Design staff provide cabin and galley layouts, seat designs and cockpit upgrades, including avionics.

Quality Assurance and Control

• SAA Technical, as one of the world's leading Aircraft Maintenance Organisations, places great emphasis on quality.
• Regular audits ensure that policies are adhered to and that the quality of work performed conforms strictly to standards prescribed by manufacturers and regulatory authorities, including SACAA, FAA and EASA. Safety indicators are closely monitored.
• SAA Technical believes the philosophy of Quality at Source and has implemented inspection to achieve this.
• Inspection methods, techniques and the use of specialised equipment and inspection aids are included in basic and recurring training of all technical staff.

Technical Information

• Technical Information is responsible for control, review, distribution safekeeping and procurement of all Technical manuals, forms and documentation.

Procurement

• Procurement of all spare parts, component breakdown spares, consumables and modification kits.
• Also responsible for strategic purchasing. Warehousing of the total inventory(spare and tooling) controlled by a sophisticated inventory controlled computer system, monitoring individual inventory movement and replenishments.

Logistics

• Warehousing of the total inventory(spare and tooling) controlled by a sophisticated inventory controlled computer system, monitoring individual inventory movement and replenishments.
• Shipping and sales of all components, engines and the control of sales and surplus material

Maintenance Planning

• Maintenance planning is responsible for the planning of maintenance events and to maintain an approved maintenance schedule for each aircraft type

Technical Training

• Quality, cost-effective training, ranging from apprentice to advanced aircraft systems training on airframe, engines and components by a highly qualified complement of instructors is accomplished.
• Training is provided at main base, line stations and to other organisations, locally and worldwide.