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A cold hangar in Duluth taught me to always check the MEL first
I spent two hours troubleshooting a comms fault on a King Air, only to find it was listed in the Minimum Equipment List as inoperative for that specific flight. The captain had signed it off, but the paperwork got separated from the logbook. Anyone have a good system for making sure the MEL stays with the aircraft docs?
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ryanj601mo ago
Two hours on a comms fault? That's brutal, man. The worst part is the captain already knew about it! How does that paperwork even get separated from the logbook? I've seen some loose sheets before, but that's a whole new level of scary. That's exactly the kind of thing that turns a simple preflight into a huge waste of time.
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the_james1mo ago
Tell me about it, that paperwork shuffle is the worst. It feels like basic stuff just falls through the cracks sometimes. Really kills your momentum on a long day.
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