Thread: Multi-Enginge Rating vs Multi-Engine Commercial

Quote: Originally Posted by PA44-LUV You will need to demonstrate instrument proficiency during your multiengine add-on checkride, in order to receive instrument privileges for the twin. Otherwise you will receive a ME VFR-only restriction until you take an additional checkride to get the restriction lifted. Everyone I know opts for the instrument part on the add-on ride, since it usually just consists of a two-engine and single-engine...

Take a look at 61.129. I would say no IF you have the required 10 hours of training in a complex aircraft. All the other subparts just say "single enginge".

Hey guys(and gals) Question about multi-engine rating vs multi-engine commercial i have been reading over the FAR-AIM The requirements for the rating vs the commercial license are very similar. It seems that if you think ahead when you are getting your ME rating, you could cover alot of the Commercial requirements as well and save time. Is this the case? Or do you have to re-do all the requiements when you get the commercial license.

Re: Multi-Enginge Rating vs Multi-Engine Commercial Quote: Originally Posted by Xiph You don't even have to wait to get your instrument. You could do Private-Private Multi-Instrument (in a Multi)-Commercial Multi. The advantage to this would be that all your instrument and commercial training would be loggable as multi PIC, which, if you want to go to the airlines, is useful. You'll also get more total multi time out of it as well....

Quote: Originally Posted by Brian Z If it is your initial commercial than yes it has to be in a multi. Thanks, if I was doing CSEL first does it have to be in complex aircraft??

Quote: Originally Posted by drunkenbeagle If I have a Commercial Certificate, Glider, with Private Privileges Instrument Airplane, what does a Comm. Multi add-on involve? I was under the impression it would be the same as any initial Commercial Multi ride with respect to time requirements. Most people add a ME as an additional class rating; you'd be adding an additional category rating and you're right, that's not any...

Not sure if this helps, but when I did my multi stuff in 2007, I did the multi private, multi instrument, and multi commercial all in a few days. One checkride. It was a LOT to do in a few days, but very doable. The 'ONE checkride' was the best part.

It's cheaper to do everything single engine, but aiming for the goal of 1000+ hours of which 100+ are multi, you can argue it's better to get your multi earlier, sure you can still timebuild in a single engine, but you'll end up with more multi time and possibly better flying experience starting the multi earlier - in the end I guess it all evens out, but you have to pay for some multi somewhere along the line. Comm Multi, Inst...

So i'm about to get my Comm single, and have done my instrument and private in a single. I will then do the multi-add on for the comm. Is there a separate rating and checkride for mutli-instrument? Or does the instrument for my private cover both?

Quote: Originally Posted by CFIT99 No it's a different rating So if you had that your license will say Commerical multi engine Private Single Engine Schools like ATP do it this way, where you would then instead of getting the Comm Multi added on you would get the Comm Single add on. Technically, it would say Commercial: Multi Engine Land, unless of course you pass the MES checkride. Same thing with the single engine land. In theory, you...