Originally Posted by
jaja
In my opinion the MEL should be applied up until setting takeoff power if you have failures on startup/taxi, and when airborne you look into the Abnormal checklist. That is the way we used to do it.
Well, 60 years of aviation history and expertise work on Airworthiness came to a different conclusion. Perhaps you and the law need to agree on disagreeing. The alternative solution is a lack of insight on one side of the argument.