CalifDan
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Thought it might be worth asking this here.
I went out to my local airport today and let the instructor, who has flown a few times with me as a safety pilot, know that I wanted to get my Muiti-engine Instructor Rating. I am not a CFI, but I am Commercial Single and Multi engine and Instrument Airplane. He was not sure that I could get an MEI without the CFI (single engine), but I don't see anything that suggests that it can't be done. So that is the first question.
The second question is that he said the MEI includes the double I stuff, so the checkride will include all of that. I'm not sure exactly what that means except that it will be somewhat more work. I suppose it means I can provide instrument instruction in a twin but not in a single.
Now, you all will ask me why I want to do it this way.
I own a Duchess. I do what I can do fly it 150 hours per year at least and I would rather add a rating than just go up and fly in circles. The cost differential is the cost of the instructor. If I rent a single to do the CFI, I am not flying my airplane, which I need to do, and the hourly cost more than triples for the instruction (including aircraft). Seems to me that while the MEI may be more work and even take some additional time, it is time I would be flying anyway.
Finally, once I do this, how big a deal is it to add the CFI part? Or, am I already a CFI with a limitation to providing instruction in multi-engine aircraft only?
CalifDan
I went out to my local airport today and let the instructor, who has flown a few times with me as a safety pilot, know that I wanted to get my Muiti-engine Instructor Rating. I am not a CFI, but I am Commercial Single and Multi engine and Instrument Airplane. He was not sure that I could get an MEI without the CFI (single engine), but I don't see anything that suggests that it can't be done. So that is the first question.
The second question is that he said the MEI includes the double I stuff, so the checkride will include all of that. I'm not sure exactly what that means except that it will be somewhat more work. I suppose it means I can provide instrument instruction in a twin but not in a single.
Now, you all will ask me why I want to do it this way.
I own a Duchess. I do what I can do fly it 150 hours per year at least and I would rather add a rating than just go up and fly in circles. The cost differential is the cost of the instructor. If I rent a single to do the CFI, I am not flying my airplane, which I need to do, and the hourly cost more than triples for the instruction (including aircraft). Seems to me that while the MEI may be more work and even take some additional time, it is time I would be flying anyway.
Finally, once I do this, how big a deal is it to add the CFI part? Or, am I already a CFI with a limitation to providing instruction in multi-engine aircraft only?
CalifDan