Definition
A document produced by an aircraft operator that contains the maintenance and operational procedures (the 'O' and 'M' procedures) referenced by the Minimum Equipment List (MEL). It tells pilots and maintenance personnel exactly how to handle, deactivate, secure, or work around a specific piece of inoperative equipment so the aircraft can be legally and safely dispatched under the MEL.
Plain English
It is the operator's own written set of instructions that explains, step by step, what must be done before flying with a particular item that is broken or turned off. The MEL says the item can be inoperative; this document tells you what you actually have to do about it.
Context Anchor
Seen when a pilot is using an MEL to decide whether an aircraft can be flown with inoperative equipment and what steps must be completed first.
Why Pilots Care
Provides the precise operational steps required to remain legal and safe when equipment is allowed to be inoperative.
Intuition Check
Do not read “operator-generated” as informal or optional. In this MEL context, it means the operator writes the procedure, but it still supports an approved system for deciding whether the aircraft may be operated.
Example Sentence 1
Before dispatching with the inoperative landing light, the pilot pulled up the operator-generated procedures document and completed the placarding and circuit breaker steps it required.
Example Sentence 2
Per the operator-generated procedures document, the crew could continue the trip provided the flight remained in visual conditions.