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).

 

[citabriapilot]

8.5 for me with one of the 3 day "Get Her Done" programs.

 

[Lil Jon]

9 hrs, no problem. toughest thing was remembering all the vmc stuff and settin up the gps for an approach. good luck

 

[bobbysamd]

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

I was training somewhat leisurely under Part 61, and was flying a Baron, which was way more airplane than I was used to at the time. I took the Commercial multi add-on with instruments practical with about twenty hours of multi.

I did well by my students, but they were all in 141 environments. My Riddlers generally needed about fifteen hours before their Private multis, primarily because they didn't do enough dry time. My FSI guys, who were more motivated, got their Private multis in about ten hours, which was course time, and without extra training flights.

 

[Znobrdr]

10 hours is a good average. The key to keeping times low is

Do your homework
Chair fly!
Know how to trim an airplane!
Think of the Vmc stuff as simple levers around the CG
Be able to hold your altitude and heading before you start your multi training
Be able to fly an approach before you start your multi training ( If Instrument) that is "knock the rust off"
Be able to do steep turns before you start your multi training
Get the complex piston stuff correct ie prop up power up, power back, prop backl

Sounds simple but....................

After sending 17 multi students to successful checkrides, the above items have more to do with slowing progress than anything else! Believe it or not correcting bad habits or technique can average a couple of hours.