B737 MAX 8
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150; Flight Crew Type 12290
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Workload; Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural MEL / CDL; Ground Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
General Maintenance Action
Manuals; MEL; Logbook Entry; Human Factors; Aircraft; Procedure
I was taking over a MAX 8 that had an MAX/MEL for Pressure Fueling System XX-XX-XX.   The outgoing Crew just had this MEL applied by MX on the Flight they finished.  I had a similar MEL on an NG twice in the last few weeks that required a 'repetitive write up' so I assumed that this one would require a repetitive write up also.  I looked up the MAX 8/MEL and it has a MUCH different format than the NG MEL but it lists repetitive write up in the beginning column instead of in the 'plain text' part of the MEL.  The outgoing Crew who just had the MEL applied by Maintenance in ZZZ said there was no repetitive write up required; so I called Maintenance to inquire because I believed that a repetitive write up WAS required.  Maintenance was also a little confused as if a repetitive write up was required. So based on my reading of the MEL and after talking to my Dispatcher I elected to do the repetitive write up on the three flights we did with that aircraft.I am writing this as I see there is some confusion on the repetitive write up in the MAX MEL as opposed to a similar MEL in the NG.  I could be reading this wrong but I believe a repetitive write up is required for MAX MEL XX-XX-XX.  The Dispatcher also wrote his supervisors to look into this.
B737 MAX 8 Captain reported confusion over required repetitive log page entries that were required for MEL procedures.