Originally Posted by the dude2
Once the aircraft leaves the gate, more importantly, the ground crew via headset, the failure of any system is considered to be taken as in the air. We apply MEL to it and carry on, if it is a no go we return to the gate. Otherwise it it is written up on next arrival station, providing there is maintenance or we wait till we get home. Safety always prevails, no shortcuts.
How does that work then? Did you mean refer to the QRH? I always took the MEL applies prior to dispatch, not after. How do you accomplish maintenance actions?