
Originally Posted by
Neil Armstrong
I guess thinking more about this all these different issues could or should be answered by the way in which the previous revision is deemed still valid or not, hence my search in my Co's docs for written help to no avail.
The MEL I was involved with recently had two issues, firstly the MEL code had changed in the new revision and so no longer referred to the item concerned, the original item was now under a different code and had become more restrictive, the second item had been coded under a different ATA from 46 to 23 if I recall correctly.
The Captain I spoke with was confused as the old ATA MEL codes were now different in the new MEL and he had no access to the old revision MEL and so he asked me about this, I changed the MEL code to the more restrictive new code and inoped the item whereas before it did not have to be made inop. My MOC then said I didn't needed to have done that and I replied by asking where it says I don't have to and it went all quiet..... my argument was that the only MEL on board did not accurately reflect the ADD and so was confusing to the crew in this case.
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