That makes sense! Although a fellow pilot told me that the MEL only applies when on the ground, so if a fault occurs inflight (same scenario) and ur only aloud one flight since the item became unserviceable you can land offshore and still t/o to return to departure airfield???
Does that makes sense, as I thought that it wouldn't matter if the fault occurred on the ground or after t/o as its part of the same 'flight' ??? ,so RTB or get stuck.
BtB