On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:56:34 GMT, Bob Moore
wrote:

"Jay Beckman" wrote

We use a MEL for the C172SP I rent to train in. Part 141 School.

Your school might call it an MEL, but it isn't an FAA MEL and
the Part 141 Flight Training Center should not be confusing
students by using an FAA defined term incorrectly.

You really can't be sure about that "it isn't an FAA MEL". The MEL
policy/procedure has been in place and operating longer than the
"approved" MMEL program.

Prior to the MMEL program, all MEL's were operator-written from a
generic template and FAA authorized/approved. Then the word came down
the line that the Fed was now writing MMEL's by aircraft type;
everyone had to ditch the home-made ones and adapt the "approved" ones
to their operations, where applicable.

TC