Originally Posted by frontlefthamster
Would you care to explain the paper trail which supports operation of defective GA aircraft without MELs, please?
See above - for non-comercial non-complex ops there is no requirement for an MEL, and you can operate in accordance with the legal minimum requirements and the requirements in the POH (an obey both). Indeed since MELs need approval by "the authority", the "authority" would be hard pressed if they jad to agree MELs with every single spamcan owner...