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Multi Engine Flight Training - Learn The Best Way To Earn Your Multi Engine Rating
If you are an aspiring career pilot, you need to know that receiving multi engine flight training for a multi engine rating is a must - however - most flight schools and airline pilot schools (who must maintain the profitability of their very expensive multi engine airplane fleet) tend to OVER-EMPHASIZE the importance of building multi engine aircraft time. Hence, thousands of pilots-in-training spend thousands of dollars more on multi engine training and flight time than what they really need to spend. So, how can a person go about getting the right training for the right price? Are their CHEAP multi engine training centers out there? I have to tell you, I cringe every time I hear the words CHEAP and FLIGHT TRAINING mentioned in the same sentence! Cheap multi engine flight training is NOT what you should be looking for! Why? Because cheap ends up being far too expensive in the long run - every time - no exceptions. Many of these flight schools will sell you on the concept of starting your multi engine flight training almost immediately after your initial Private Pilot training is completed, stating that you will need lot's and lot's of multi engine time if you should ever expect to get a job as an airline pilot. In today's pilot job market environment nothing could be further from the truth. Many of the regional carriers are now hiring pilots with less than 100 hours of multi engine time in their log books. What you should be looking for is a flight school or flight training center with lots of well maintained single engine airplanes (yes, I said single engine), quality flight training course outlines and experienced flight instructors. You will pay more per hour for QUALITY flight instruction, but with the money you would otherwise be paying for hundreds of hours of expensive multi engine flight time with poor quality flight instruction, at the end of the day, you will be saving yourself thousands of dollars - and- be a better pilot.
Multi Engine Training For The Rest Of UsSo, what about the "personal aviator?" Many people in the aviation world have pronounced that the piston twin is dead and for just a few hundred thousand dollars more, you could buy a jet! While this may be true to some degree, there is still a niche where the tried and true piston twin still fits nicely. Furthermore, for those of you who have a VLJ in your future plans, you should be looking at piston twins as a transition airplane. A few hundred hours of multi engine time in your log book will be viewed much more favorably by the insurance underwriters in terms of premiums and required dual flight minimums. My advice would be to seek a flight school which can provide a quality multi engine flight training program for a multi engine add-on rating to your current Private Pilot or Commercial Pilot - Instrument rated ticket - SIDEBAR: You do have your Instrument Rating, right? For many reasons too numerous to mention here, I would never advise a non-instrument rated pilot to pursue a multi engine rating. OK, so I will mention one reason. The biggest reason being simply that completing all the training for an instrument rating will give the pilot a higher level of experience and piloting skill which will help the pilot be a better multi engine pilot. That is an over-simplistic explanation but will have to do for now. - a flight school with a very docile multi engine trainer, such as a Beech Duchess, Piper Seminole or one of those nice, new Diamond TwinStars with the Garmin G1000 panel. Once your training is complete and you have your rating, I'm sure you will want to get a plane with a little more performance than what your trainer had. Return to the top of: Multi Engine Flight Training
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