MEI or Go Home?

[PC12Cowboy]

Mini,
I did the CFI and MEI rides all on the same day...no problem.....I was in the land of red necks at Airman and Brian was the man who got me ready ...He was great and the rides weren't hard..but the knowledge is fleeting...so keep studying after you get your instructor ratings ...and always remember that students spend money cause its fun...keep a lite hand on the controls and a joke around the corner

 

[English]

Still seems a bit steep...if I recall correctly, the MEI can be done in about 5 hours of instruction time in the aircraft, if you use the same airplane you'll be using for your commercial multi.

How many flight hours will you be receiving for $4000?

 

[minitour]

Still seems a bit steep...if I recall correctly, the MEI can be done in about 5 hours of instruction time in the aircraft, if you use the same airplane you'll be using for your commercial multi.

How many flight hours will you be receiving for $4000?

...whatever is the minimum by the regs...as an addon...so...who knows...5? 15? somewhere between those two (including the checkride)...

-mini

PS
As an aside, I've heard stories of some foreigners potentially blowing the Vmc Demo or OEI approach just so they can get more twin time before we ship 'em back home...

 

[BoilerUP]

PSL,

I spent about two of my five hours training for the MEI under the hood, shooting approaches with both and a single engine. I told my instructor I didn't feel comfortable with a new rating (and its responsibility) as well as being checked out in a new airplane without doing some SE instrument work. Thank goodness, because if I ever did have to fly a cross-panel single engine approach in IMC I'd be up to my eyeballs in workload. If the weather was low I'd be in trouble...and I consider myself to currently be very proficient on instruments. It definately allowed me some perspective on the difficulty of such a task...

Thank you for your insight and encouragement; it is all well taken, and I truly do appreciate it!