MEL procedures
Hi,
Does anybody know any authorized by JAA Authority MEL procedure for AOC holder which would accept that pilot him/herself determines an inoperative equipment, put the note to Tech Log, check it against the MEL and then defer it accordingly?
Or does the last part have to be performed by qualified maintenance personnel (I mean mechanics or engineers) only?
Particularly, I am talking about situations when we discover failure during flight than land at airport where we dont have maintenance personnel. If we make a note to Tech Log, we need to wait for Maintenance people to come, inspect it and defer it. That costs a lot of time and money.
Is there a way to authorize pilot to make those defect deferral according to MEL?