The Role of the Master Minimum Equipment List MMEL

Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com looks at the document behind the Aircraft Minimum Equipment List (MEL) the “MASTER” MEL – MMEL  The MMEL is essentially a list established for a particular aircraft type by the organization responsible for the type design with the approval of the State of Design containing items, one or more of which is permitted…

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MEL Restrictions & Deferment Process

Presented by Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com The following different categories are identified in the Operators Minimum Equipment List CATEGORY A   Items in this category shall be repaired within the time interval specified in the “Remarks and Exceptions” column of the operator’s approved MEL Whenever the proviso in the “Remarks or Exceptions” column of the MMEL states…

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EASA High Level Oversight Requirements related to Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Air Navigation Services (ANS)

Considerations Related to the obligations to carry out regulatory authority oversight audits – Steve Bentley MD SAS www.sassofia.com ATM/ANS.AR.C.015 Oversight programme (Regulation (EU) 2017/373) (a) The competent authority shall establish and update annually an oversight programme taking into account the specific nature of the service providers, the complexity of their activities, the results of past…

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