What is a MMEL FAA?
Publications – Master Minimum Equipment List (MMEL) By Manufacturer.
What is the purpose of MMEL?
The master minimum equipment list (MMEL) is a list established for a particular aircraft type by the organisation responsible for the type design with the approval of the State of Design which identifies items which individually may be unserviceable at the commencement of a flight.
Who is required to have a Minimum Equipment List?
Some operators of aircraft, based on the kind of operation or size and type of aircraft are required to have a Minimum Equipment List (MEL) in order to operate the aircraft with inoperative instruments or equipment. However, operators of the following types of aircraft may operate under part 91 without an MEL.
Who creates MMEL?
the aircraft manufacturer
Master Minimum Equipment List (MMEL): A master list of items on an aircraft that are allowed to be inoperative under specific conditions without impacting the safety of flight. The MMEL is established by the aircraft manufacturer and approved by the national aviation authority.
What are Mel categories?
There are four different categories; A – the deferral period defined in the comments column of the MEL, B – three days, C – 10 days, and D – 120 days. In closing, to operate an aircraft with inoperative instruments or equipment you have to comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 91.213.
Can you log PIC if not current?
A pilot, whether acting as PIC or not, may log PIC time anytime in which he/she is sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which he/she is rated (FAR 61.51). This is true regardless of weather conditions, whether VFR or IFR, simulated or actual.
When must a dispatcher stop operations?
(2) If a dispatcher is scheduled for more than 10 hours of duty in 24 consecutive hours, the certificate holder shall provide him or her a rest period of at least eight hours at or before the end of 10 hours of duty.
Can 2 pilots log PIC time?
Daddis At AOPA In your case, if two rated pilots are taking turns flying, so to speak, then whomever is sole manipulator of the flight controls can log the PIC time. As Ron noted, acting as PIC and logging PIC time can be different. A pilot must either be rated in the aircraft, or have solo privileges, to log PIC time.
Can CFI log landings?
Even if you have declared that the CFI is acting as the PIC (per the official definition from Part 1), you still are allowed to log PIC time when you are rated in the aircraft and you are the sole manipulator of the flight controls.
Can I log PIC with an instructor?
An authorized instructor may log PIC time while acting as an authorized instructor in flight. A student pilot may log PIC time only when he/she is the sole occupant of the aircraft (exception for airship category) while training for a pilot certificate and has a current solo flight endorsement.
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