Instrument Currency???

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Does it matter for the six instrument approarches and the other stuff that goes along with it if they are in a single or a multi??? I have about 3 MEI's telling me that I have to do them in both aircraft. Which would be 12 every six months. I'm looking in 61.57 and trying to figure it out.

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[liv'n_on_credit]

Nope...

You can do your six approaches etc, in any airplane. It only has to be the same CATEGORY(airplane). If you do them only in a single-engine, it counts for both. If you decided to do them in a hot air balloon or glider, then it wouldn't count.

Tell your MEI friends that they are breaking the #1 rule in flight instructing, making up an answer. Unless they are 110% sure of their answer, they should say, "I'm not sure, but let's look it up together and find out". I've never had a student get mad at me for saying that.

P.S.-Maybe the MEI's are thinking of currency to carry passengers. The 3 T.O. and landings for passenger currency would need to be done in both the single and the multi.

 

[Flymach2]

Hi...

The 3 MEI's are wrong. Instrument currency is category specific, not class. If you satisfy the requirements of § 61.57(c)(1) in a single engine airplane, you are also current in multiengine airplanes.

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Thanks I will take care of that today...

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