Originally Posted by Smilin_Ed
Posts: 36
Terminology
For those of us who are professional pilots but not airline pilots, what do the terms SLF and MEL mean?
Ed,
In view of your number of posts, I can only just about believe you're not taking the mickey....
SLF: Self Loading Freight. The part of the payload you do not have to tie down on pallets, although, if you're cabin crew, you occasionally wish you could.
MEL: Minimum Equipment List. There are bits on the aircraft that are duplicated, triplicated and even quadruplicated. You ARE allowed to operate with some, but not all, of them inoperative. The MEL sets out in considerable detail what kind of defects you are allowed to carry, and under what conditions.