B737-700 captain reported that the company mels contain excessive data on unrelated conditions or da...

Attributes
ACN	1422379
Time
Date	201701
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Fuel Booster Pump
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

While completing my preflight duties I discovered that one of the center boost pump low pressure lights would not extinguish when the pump switch was turned on. The problem I want to identify here is our unsatisfactory MEL system. I was in a -700 aircraft with one center boost pump inoperative and fuel in the tank; yet the MEL package I received contained six pages of chaff and only one page of useful information. Put another way; instead of getting the information that pertained to only a -700 with one center boost pump inoperative and fuel in the tank; I received six additional pages of non-pertinent data that I had to wade through. I received information pertaining to the other series; as well as information that pertained to many other conditions that did not apply to my situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 Captain reported that the company MELs contain excessive data on unrelated conditions or data pertinent to other aircraft models.

Narrative: While completing my preflight duties I discovered that one of the center boost pump Low Pressure lights would not extinguish when the pump switch was turned on. The problem I want to identify here is our unsatisfactory MEL system. I was in a -700 aircraft with one center boost pump inoperative and fuel in the tank; yet the MEL package I received contained six pages of chaff and only one page of useful information. Put another way; instead of getting the information that pertained to only a -700 with one center boost pump inoperative and fuel in the tank; I received six additional pages of non-pertinent data that I had to wade through. I received information pertaining to the other series; as well as information that pertained to many other conditions that did not apply to my situation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

B737-700 captain reported that the company mels contain excessive data on unrelated conditions or data pertinent to other aircraft models.