Designated Flight Engineer Examiner?

[JustinS]

Everts operates some DC-6s up in Alaska. I got a buddy up there doing the FE gig on those things. That's gotta be some serious dues paying there. I'd love an opportunity to do something like that if it didn't mean taking a huge hit on pay/QOL. If someone really wants an FE job for a bit, I think there are still some solid opportunities out there if you dig deep.

 

[Cessnaflyer]

I met one guy who had a FAA Flight Navigator ticket. Wasn't even that old of a guy (at the time). The hoops he had to jump through was impressive, and even then he got some lucky breaks to make it happen that would be improbable to duplicate.

You can still download the FAA's Navigator book:

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/media/FAA-H-8083-18.pdf

Engineer tickets are going the same way, but plenty of operators still require FEs. Not sure what's gained in going out an getting your ticket other than to say you have it. In any event, the FE ticket sure seems FAR easier to actually do than the Navigator ticket. That math stuff looks complicated.

I also think there is a wrinkle with the FE ticket in that you need an actual airplane at some point, and not just do it all in a sim. When I did mine, you had a restriction on the ticket until you finished OE, and you had to take your OE form and ticket to the CMO to get a unrestricted FE ticket.

Richman

The amazing thing is that handbook is fairly recent. When are they going to update the weather handbook!

 

[FE-AV8r]

The topic came up at work getting the civilian ticket. However the question is how? I've looked my surrounding area on the FAA's website; I have found DPE, DPRE, DME, one for gliders etc but no DFEE. So I'd thought I'd ask the board and see if my RADAR returned any echos. Thanks!

I am a DFEE, you can PM me.