سایت aviation.stackexchange. در مورد MEL , MMEL چنین می نویسد :
A minimum equipment list is a list of equipment that must be installed and operable for the aircraft to be considered airworthy.
It is aircraft-specific and spells out which pieces of equipment may be inoperable while maintaining airworthiness.
If something is found to be inoperative, the pilot goes to the MEL, finds the entry for that item, and determines if the airplane must be grounded until that piece of equipment is fixed
An MEL for a specific aircraft originates from a master minimum equipment list (MMEL).
The MMEL is a list of all equipment on an aircraft type;
it details which equipment is allowed to be inoperative without grounding the aircraft.
این لیست فهرستی از تجهیزات را مشخص می کند که در صورت عدم صحت ، هواپیما می تواند به پرواز خود ادامه دهد و نیازی به زمین گیر شدن جهت تعمیر آن قطعه ندارد.
برای مثال مانیتور هایی که جهت سرگرمی مسافران می باشند در صورت خراب بودن ، ایمنی پرواز را به خطر نمی اندازند.
(Think of a MMEL as a general, broader MEL.)
