UK-based digital aviation solutions company TrustFlight has released its new tool to manage aircraft Minimum Equipment Lists (MELs). MEL Manager provides end-to-end digitisation of the process of creating and managing minimum equipment lists.

Most aviation manuals are static PDF documents that are not easily updated and rely on generic word processing tools. The TrustFlight platform allows operators to issue and revise MELs in a fraction of the time using a simple but powerful MEL building platform. The web-based software was designed to create templates for the most popular business jets on the market, which can then be easily modified online. MEL Manager integrates directly into TrustFlight's industry-leading Electronic Tech Log, deployed by airlines and business jet operators worldwide.

“I have personally felt the frustration that business jet operators have at managing MELs, especially with word processing software that is not fit for purpose,” says CEO Karl Steeves. “With MEL Manager, the revisions have never been easier and quicker.”

TrustFlight's MEL Manager is designed from the ground up to simplify the task of MEL management. Accordingly, the system saves countless hours of administrative work, estimated to be more than 10 times quicker than current processes, based on internal measures by TrustFlight. The system is geared towards operators that need to create new MELs for their aircraft quickly and easily, especially FAA Part 91 operators that need to adopt customised aircraft MELs.

Business jet operators can take one of the existing templates in the system as a basis for their own document. They can then customise the MEL for their operation, including adding procedures or adjusting items, confident that all changes are tracked in a comprehensive version history.

The MEL contains automatic formatting to ensure compliance and can be immediately downloaded as a PDF or through a link to allow for faster regulatory approval. Operators can then print and distribute to PDF or integrate into TrustFlight's Tech Log and Centrik applications. There is no possibility of multiple versions or outdated versions. For revisions, each Master MEL revision or change to a fleet or procedures is easily adopted into an existing MEL. With just a few clicks, apply changes to a single aircraft or an entire fleet.