Regulations and Government
FAA/EASA Task Force To Announce MMEL Solution Soon
In November 2016, EASA began requiring all aircraft transiting European airspace to have an approved MEL for each individual aircraft.

Flight planning company Flight Service Bureau expects the joint FAA/EASA workgroup to soon provide a solution to the master minimum equipment list (MMEL) versus minimum equipment list (MEL) “debacle.” Last year, ramp checks on some U.S. aircraft in France exposed the fact that EASA and the FAA have different interpretations of the ICAO standards for deferring aircraft discrepancies.