Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness; Communication Breakdown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural MEL / CDL; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Aircraft; Chart Or Publication; Human Factors
I was recently informed that several months ago I flew an aircraft that had an MEL item requirement that was not properly completed by Maintenance. Since there is a note in a portion of the MEL Remarks/Exceptions section that says an EICAS message of E1(2) [Engine one or two] REV INHIBIT will be displayed continuously. I did not notice that this message was not displayed; and that meant the TR was not properly inhibited.There are notes in both the Remarks/Exceptions column of the MEL as well as in the Flight Crew Operation Procedures. Usually the Remarks/Exceptions column is used in the application of the MEL as I understand it. Putting the note in the Flight Crew Operating Procedures column of the MEL would allow us to more easily serve as a backup for maintenance properly complying with this MEL. Other MELs have notes about EICAS messages being displayed; and the lack of consistency could cause confusion.
An ERJ Captain was advised he had failed to comply with the requirements of an MEL item on an aircraft he had flown several months prior to his notification.