Minimum Equipment List

Description of the MEL & MMEL training program

MEL & MMEL Online Training – Understanding and applying the Minimum Equipment List (EASA / FAA)

Learn how to use the MMEL and the MEL to decide whether a flight can be operated with inoperative equipment, in compliance with EASA and FAA requirements. Flight crews – Operators – Maintenance organizations – Flight schools

Format

Online Training

Supplementary materials

1 video + 5 documents
Author

Alain François

Assessment

1 multiple-choice quiz

Duration

40 minutes

Price

$69


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Course Objectives

  • Understand the role of the MMEL as the basis of the MEL for a given aircraft type.
  • Know under which conditions an aircraft may be dispatched with inoperative equipment.
  • Identify the operational and maintenance responsibilities related to the application of the MEL.
  • Read and interpret a MMEL and a MEL correctly.
  • Understand how an operator MEL is developed and approved.

Teaching method

Study of the regulations (EASA, FAA)
Practical cases of MEL application
Real-world examples

Target audience

• Flight crews and cabin crews.

• Airline and private operators.

• Maintenance personnel (Part-145 / Part 145 repair stations).

• Flight schools and training organizations.

Assessment

This training course requires that you complete the entire program, watch the video lecture, and read the accompanying documents.

A certificate of completion is issued after the multiple-choice assessment.

You must answer 80% of the questions correctly.

Contents 

• MMEL policy and procedures, including revisions

• MEL development for operators and type certificate holders, including approval and administration processes

• MMEL/MEL regulatory basis (EASA, FAA)

• Reading and interpreting a MMEL and a MEL

• Responsibilities of authorities, manufacturers and operators

• Development and approval process of an operator MEL

Benefits 

Faster, safer dispatch decisions when equipment is inoperative.

Fewer MEL interpretation errors in operations and maintenance.

Stronger compliance with EASA and FAA inoperative-equipment requirements.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of flight operations or aircraft maintenance. Understand and read English.
VALIDITY

YOUR CERTIFICATE, SIGNED BY A QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR

Regulatory training based on EASA and FAA MMEL/MEL requirements. Certificates are signed by our lead instructor, Alain François, an aviation quality professional with 25+ years of experience who has held Part-145 certifying staff authorizations. They are accepted by competent authorities (DGAC, OSAC) as evidence of regulatory training during audits of our client organizations.

4,000+ professionals trained in France and internationally.

Training Program

  • 01 - MMEL and MEL training
    02 - Official regulatory documents
    03 - Sheet 1 – How to read a MEL
    04 - Sheet 2 – Process for developing a MEL
    05 - Sheet 3 – Practical cases of MEL application
    06 - Sheet 4 – MEL & MMEL glossary
    07 - Multiple-choice test
    08 - MEL & MMEL training certificate

Training schedule

Alain François

Aviation Compliance Manager at Aviation Sans Frontières.

Teaches courses at the ESTACA engineering school (ISAE/Sup Aero Group - Paris Saclay, Laval, and Bordeaux campuses) for 4th- and 5th-year engineering students and master's students in AERO maintenance, such as:

- FAA/EASA Air Law: PART 145, PART 21 J & G,

- EASA PART CAMO & CAO - Cockpit avionics - Hydraulic systems

- Fuel systems External Quality & Safety Assurance Manager for an EASA PART 145 Certified Maintenance Workshop: Approval No.: AESA FR 145.0305.

External Quality Assurance & Safety Manager for an EASA-certified CAMO G+I (Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization): Approval No. EASA PART M FR.MG.0493.

Support for CAMO G+J certification

Quality Assurance Manager for an RAG 5.3-certified aircraft maintenance workshop in Libreville (Gabon): Approval No. GA.5.3.03.2018 Lead Auditor IAQG (International Aerospace Quality Group)


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