Minimum Equipment list (MEL)
The Minimum Equipment List (MEL) is a document and method
aircraft operators use to obtain relief from Federal Aviation Regulations
requiring that all equipment installed on the aircraft be operative at the time
of flight.
MMEL - design/manufacture
MEL -
operator
Category A - this should be recorded
within the time interval specified in the remark column
of the MEL
Category
B - 3 Days
Category
C - 10 day
Category
D - 120 days
Not include items
Wings, landing gear, both engines, flight control system.
Included items
ETOPS, RVSM
TCAS, GPWS, CVR, DFDR, Emergency Escape Path Mark lighting.
ETOPS - Extended-range Twin-engine Operational
Performance Standards
RVSM - Reduced vertical separation minimum
TCAS - traffic collision
avoidance system
CVR - cockpit voice
recorder
DFDR – digital flight data recorder
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