MELS
MELS are a great idea and in practise work very well saving the operator and the client much pain and hardship. All companies big and small should operate using the added safety and flexibility a MEL offers. A MEL will cost approximately $2400.00 per type plus you can add an extra few dollars for individual intricacies for individual aircraft of that type. This amount of money can easily be saved the first time the MEL is used to save a charter which would otherwise be grounded. I would be very surprised if Barrier Aviation indeed operated that many aircraft with out so much as a simple MEL. If the company did operate with out one it is not a crime. But its not good business sense either.
N.D