Referred to as a Minimum Equipment List (MEL).

Referred to as a Minimum Equipment List (MEL).

• A. Minimum Equipment List (MEL)
• B. FAA Approved Minimum Equipment List
• C. FAA Approved MEL
• D. Standard Aircraft Equipment Lists

Answer: (A)

MEL stands for Minimum Equipment List. This is the official document that specifies which equipment must be functioning for safe flight and which items may be inoperative under approved conditions. The acronym directly comes from those three words, so the standard way to refer to it is simply the Minimum Equipment List. The other options add qualifiers like FAA Approved or suggest a different type of list, but they’re not the recognized name of the document.

MEL stands for Minimum Equipment List. This is the official document that specifies which equipment must be functioning for safe flight and which items may be inoperative under approved conditions. The acronym directly comes from those three words, so the standard way to refer to it is simply the Minimum Equipment List. The other options add qualifiers like FAA Approved or suggest a different type of list, but they’re not the recognized name of the document.