Master Minimum Equipment List - Transports Canada

Master Minimum Equipment List
3.9.3 Administrative Control Items
Some air operators use their MEL as a comprehensive document to control items for
tracking and informational purposes. In such cases, air operators' MELs may include
items not contained in the MMEL; however, no relief may be granted for these
administrative control items unless conditions and limitations are contained in an
approved document other than the MMEL (e.g., aircraft flight manual). Administrative
control items and passenger convenience items may not include items or subsystems of
items which are addressed in the MMEL. Air operators seeking to add administrative
control items to their MEL must submit their request to their PMI or POI with
appropriate substantiation.
3.9.4 Passenger Convenience Items
Passenger convenience items are those items related to the convenience, comfort, or
entertainment of an air operator's passengers. They may include items such as galley
equipment, movie equipment, ash trays, (except exterior lavatory door ashtrays), stereo
equipment, and overhead reading lamps. Passenger convenience items do not carry a
specific repair interval, and need not be listed in an air operator's MEL, if they are not
addressed in the MMEL. The exceptions to this rule are:
a) Where passenger convenience items serve a second function, such as movie
equipment being used for cabin safety briefings, air operators must develop and
include operational contingency procedures in case of an equipment
malfunction; or,
b) Where passenger convenience items are part of another aircraft system, for
example, the electrical system, procedures must be developed and included in
the MEL for deactivating and securing in case of malfunction.
3.9.5 MEL Audits
a) Whenever an audit is conducted, the air operator's MEL shall be reviewed. The
review shall ensure that the MEL conforms to Transport Canada current policies
and procedures.
b) Special attention should be given to operating rules that may have been
amended since the MEL was last approved. It shall be confirmed that the latest
revisions to the MMEL, the TC Supplement and any TC Global Changes - if
more restrictive, have been incorporated into the MEL.
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