MEI checkride

[flyer172r]

I'm going to be taking my MEI checkride pretty soon, and I was wondering what people have experienced on it. From what I've heard it isn't too hard, but I'm curious as to what people have been asked on the oral, and how hard the actual flight part was.

 

[guido411]

Flyer,

IMHO, easiest checkride I ever took. You've already demonstrated "instructional compentancy" and you've already shown you can fly a twin. Checkride should be an oral with mostly systems knowledge, perhaps with a drawing. Flying should be a multi-checkride from the right seat with minimal hood work. If you're getting signed off by your CFI you will have NO problem. Have fun, most valuble and most funCFI ticket I had also.

 

[C425Driver]

It was one of the easier checkrides that I've taken. It wasn't a "cash 'n carry" deal. I prepared myself as best I could and my instructor did a great job. I had several hundred hours of dual and a fair amount of multi time by the time I took the checkride so I had some good relevant experience. The examiner kept the oral to realistic topics and offered a lot of advice from his years of experience. I got a lot out of the oral. The flight was straight forward. He didn't ask for anything that wasn't in the PTS.

Good luck on your checkride! Prepare for it like it's your intial CFI ride and you'll do fine. Let us know how it goes.

C425Driver

 

[flyer172r]

If I prepared for the MEI like I prepared for my initial CFI I'd be so busy I'd fail all the classes I'm in right now because I wouldn't have time to go to class or do homework.

 

[kj6991]

c172

Just like any other checkride, if you prepare well you'll do just fine. It is one of the more easier rides in my opinion. but after all, you are in a twin, and the examiner is going to make sure you show good instructional knowledge on how to teach in the twin and make good safe decisions. I got hit on the following topics from what i can remember. good luck

systems,v-speeds,red-line/blue-line,emergencies,feathering,lots on Vmc,SE stuff

 

[User546]

All the oral was about on my MEI ride was teaching in depth three or four select aircraft systems, and followed up with Vmc, and the factors which effect it in great detail. Probably 3/4 of the oral evolved around the Vmc factors.

The flight portion was similiar to the original multi-engine ride. Taught a short field takeoff, engine failure on upwind, securing of engine, Vmc Demo, Vmc Drag Demo, engine fire / emergency descent, and a stall. The examiner caught me off guard during the stall when he kicked it over and put us into a spin followed by a quick recovery. Then the ride was over, and went back to the airport for a normal landing.

Sounds like a lot, but the ride only lasted 1.1, and the oral was about 45 minutes to an hour.

Hope this helps.

 

[F16fixer]

Took mine 2 months ago. Easiest time I ever did. That doesn't mean that your examiner couldn't be harder than the one I had. Know the order of VMC, make sure your legs are in shape, and relax. If you already have your initial, then they normaly don't go over FOI again. Be able to explain the prop system backwards and forward, but I'm sure you instructor has already told you all of this.

Don't instructors teach for the checkride anymore?

 

[ProLine4]

172R- Its been a few years, but this might help. I am assuming 55908 and a ride with LG. Silver Fox likes the cash, it saves him the trip to the bank and the old lady can't take her cut.
Oral was about 90 minutes, the cornerstone of the discussion was the 12 items, but he didn't require you to write them out.The flight was 1.0 with him flying for at least .2 of it so you can be the MEI and teach. Make sure he shows you what happens when a student buries the wrong pedal into the floor.

 

[HMR]

The examiner caught me off guard during the stall when he kicked it over and put us into a spin followed by a quick recovery.

Does it say anywhere in your AFM that the plane was spin certified? Probably not. Your examiner decided to be a test pilot on your ride. Bad idea.

Flyer172r-I sent many sudents to Multi checkrides. The CMEL and MEI ride are almost identical. Usually, the oral was all about "red line" and the flight was all about "blue line". GOOD LUCK!

 

[User546]

Does it say anywhere in your AFM that the plane was spin certified? Probably not. Your examiner decided to be a test pilot on your ride. Bad idea.

Interesting you asked. I was in a Piper Seminole PA44, and prior to our flight he asked me was spins allowed in it. I immediately answered to him no, and he then had me back it up with the POH.

When he did that in the airplane I was petrified cause I realized what he was going to do about a split second before it happened. The spin and recovery characteristics were just like the Cessna I had done my spin training in (thank goodness!!).

Come to find out later, as I quietly told other of my training buddies what had happened, they started revealing that the same thing had happened to them on other occasions as well in the Seminole. This particular examiner I guess is an accident waiting to happen. He's a very high time airline pilot that does these checkrides on the side, and he's quite proud of his ability and experience. This was the last ride I did with him after that!