Transcript of Hearing 12/12/97 - TWA Flight 800 Investigation

13031aircraft that says it complies with its civil type2certificate,except for these deviations.34Most of those deviations are in the area ofmilitary unique equipment required for military unique5environments .That is basically the process we use.678910CAPTAIN REKART: Okay. We will stay rightwhere we are. Yesterday Mr. Crow addressed the MEL.How do you see these remedial possibilities that wehave discussed being addressed by the MEL, or gettinginto the MEL.11Needless to say,to get into the MEL you have12to either be -- there are two areas that are addressed13by the MEL,things that are so fundamental to flying1415that they have to be on the airplane.wings, therefore you need them both.You have twoThe other side of161718the equation is down at the other end, stuff that youdon’t need like the -- perhaps soap and towels in thelavatories.19But,in the middle of that we have the other202122232425systems that through redundancy or through a secondarysystem can’t be inoperative under certain situations.Can you address what you see as a necessity of theseremedial systems being involved in the MEL?I am thinking about the poor guy that isflying a DC-9 or an MD-80 across West Texas in theCAPITAL HILL REPORTING, INC.(202) 466-9500