Master Minimum Equipment List - Transports Canada

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword ................................................................................................................................... i
Record of Amendments .......................................................................................................... ii
Acronyms ................................................................................................................................ iii
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................... iv
Chapter 1 .................................................................................................................................. 1
Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Definitions .............................................................................................................................1
1.2 The Master Minimum Equipment List....................................................................................1
1.3 The Transport Canada MMEL Supplement (or TC Supplement) ..........................................1
1.4 The Transport Canada MMEL STC Addendum (or STC Addendum) ...................................1
1.5 Dispatch with Inoperative Equipment....................................................................................2
1.6 Legal Basis............................................................................................................................2
1.7 Installed Equipment...............................................................................................................2
1.8 Equipment Included in the MMEL .........................................................................................2
Chapter 2 .................................................................................................................................. 5
Master Minimum Equipment List...........................................................................................................5
2.1 Applicability ...........................................................................................................................5
2.2 Approval Authority.................................................................................................................5
2.3 MMEL Guidance Book ..........................................................................................................5
2.4 MMEL Philosophy .................................................................................................................6
2.5 MMEL Policy .........................................................................................................................9
2.6 MMEL Procedures ..............................................................................................................14
Chapter 3 ................................................................................................................................ 19
MEL Policy and Procedures................................................................................................................19
3.1 MEL Purpose ......................................................................................................................19
3.2 MEL Definition.....................................................................................................................19
3.3 MEL Intent...........................................................................................................................19
3.4 MEL Limitation ....................................................................................................................20
3.5 Audit of Air operator MELs ..................................................................................................20
3.6 Applicability .........................................................................................................................20
3.7 Administrative Procedures ..................................................................................................20
3.8 Transport Canada Inspector Responsibility ........................................................................23
3.9 Conformity to the MMEL......................................................................................................25
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