MEL pilots

[LewisU_Pilot]

How many multi hours did you have when you were ready for your check ride?

 

[CFIjim]

8.5 hrs - Needless to say it was one of those 3 day accelerated programs. Didn't feel ready until the last training flight before my checkride.

 

[HMR]

My home made MEL (instrument) syllabus consisted of 7 flying lessons. Depending on the student, each lesson took 1-2 hours. I think my students averaged 10hrs before the signoff. I had a 100% pass rate.

 

[flyer172r]

I had 9 hours when I took the checkride. I felt totally comfortable taking it, too.

 

[User546]

My initial multi was done at 6.5 hours. Those were some jam packed 6 hours, none the less. I rode back seat with another guy who was going thru his training simulatenously so I gathered a lot of useful information for "free".

Can't remember off hand how many hours I logged during my MEI training, but it was considerably more.

 

[Xavier]

How many hours is MEL supposed to take; not many?

 

[flyer172r]

How many hours is MEL supposed to take; not many?

There's no minimum, although like all checkrides you need 3 hours within 60 days of the ride.

 

[146guy]

not true....read the regs again. You don't need 3 hours within 60 days for ALL checkrides.

 

[Vector4fun]

I had 9 hrs of ME training prior to the checkride, and 65.8 hrs TT.

I felt like I could fly the airplane fine, but the oral was tough. I knew the plane and systems very well. (probably saved me). But I recall the rest of the oral was like a commercial oral. Much more in depth than my Private oral. Floundered a bit there.

I was a 17 yr old junior airport bum. More of a pest and fixture than the airport dog. Still am when I'm around little airplanes and small airports....

 

[Kawasumi_Kichou]

I think I had 8.7 at the checkride--one flight in an Apache at VGT and the rest in a Seneca I at 2EJ (now 12OK).