NEF Program Non-Essential Equipment and Furnishing or, Never, Ever Fixed Program |
While We Have Completed Over 3,000 MEL Approvals All Over The World, Each of These Are Different-So Stay In Communication With Our Staff.
The NEF program was started to make it easier to handled most ATA 25 items (equipment and furnishings) so that you have a table of generic items such as seats, panels, handles, rails, toilet issues, etc., that can be deferred per the MMEL/MEL. You edit this document for your company discrepancy procedures (why we cannot do that for you) and then some minor editing of the dozen or so pages of table items. Company-Level Document: This is one document for your entire flight department, not another layer of paperwork for each aircraft, which if you have more than one would quickly end up with different FAA approvals. So, when the document is edited you put a copy with each MEL. The FAA will review the NEF for Part 125/135 only, not for Part 91 (but you are supposed to have one). The major FAA issue is some, maybe less than 20% of FAA inspectors that think this is ANOTHER layer of paperwork for each aircraft. The NEF talks to lavatory issues, but if you also have a Baron then this is still the NEF, you just don't go to that section. Difficult? You would think so with some FAA inspectors. If you have an issue call the MEL staff at GLN and talk about this. We can contact the inspector too if you like and get this straightened out. INCLUDES the MS Word file set and forms and instructions in the document itself. The forms are a variety of MEL and discrepancy forms in case you want to upgrade what you have. There are a number of issues to MELs and NEFs and it would be best if you had a conversation with our MEL staff. Call our staff at 303-925-1491 and get your questions answered. |
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