MEL

Aircraft Minimum Equipment List (MEL) Structure

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December 12, 2017

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Introduction by Sofema Aviation Services www.sassofia.com A List of Effective Pages (LEP) will be used to ensure that each MEL is up-to-date. It must list the date of the last amendment for each page of the MEL. Transport will stamp and initial the List of Effective Pages to indicate the approval status of the contents of…

MEL Restrictions & Deferment Process

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December 11, 2017

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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…

Aircraft Minimum Equipment List (MEL) Purpose / Philosophy and Regulatory Intent

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December 07, 2017

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 Introduction Typical all commercial aircraft are designed and certified with a significant amount of equipment redundancy, and as a result it can be demonstrated that the airworthiness requirements are satisfied by a substantial margin. It may also be the case that some equipment which is fitted to the aircraft is not actually required for safe…