High Performance and Complex Check out

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centralhome

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I know there is no set hours to give a high performance/complex endorsement. But I was just wondering , on average, how many hours of flight instruction do any of you usually give before endorsing anyone?
I have a pilot I am checking out in a BE36 and he has about 200 Total hours and we have logged about 8 hours so far in the BE36 and he seems ready. I just do not want to give the endorsement if it looks like too few hours have been logged.
This is the first High Performance/Complex checkout I have done.
Thanks for any help you could give!
 
It depends on the aircraft, which kind of sucks. If I was checking someone out in a Cessna 182 and they had hundreds of hours in a 172, I could usually do it in under 2 hours. Going to a Bonanza, someone would probably need more time. If you think he is ready, then sign him off already.


On a side note, is it his plane? Does the insurance company want a certain number of hours in make and model?
 
Actually, it is my plane. I am letting him get the endorsement so he can log some Cross country time with me for his Instrument. He does not have the 50 hours cross country yet.
 
centralhome said:
Actually, it is my plane. I am letting him get the endorsement so he can log some Cross country time with me for his Instrument. He does not have the 50 hours cross country yet.
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If you are going to be doing the cross countries with him (acting as an instructor), then he doesn't even need the endorsements to LOG (not act) as PIC.

As long as someone is appropriately rated for an aircraft (i.e. Airplane single engine land) then they can LOG PIC from the first second they touch the controls on a complex or high perf. airplane as long as they are with a cfi who is ACTING as PIC.

"Logging" and "Acting"....two completely different things.
 
Depends on the student. I had one take me 1.5 hours, another 15 hours for a complex.

Remember- as long as they meet the requirements set fourth by the regulations, they're legal. It's out of your hands.
 
ClearedToThe said:
If you are going to be doing the cross countries with him (acting as an instructor), then he doesn't even need the endorsements to LOG (not act) as PIC.

As long as someone is appropriately rated for an aircraft (i.e. Airplane single engine land) then they can LOG PIC from the first second they touch the controls on a complex or high perf. airplane as long as they are with a cfi who is ACTING as PIC.

"Logging" and "Acting"....two completely different things.
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Absolutely correct.

Go ahead and do the cross countries. Use that as the instruction for the complex/HP. Have the "student" do the flying and log all the cross country and PIC time, and give the endorsement(s) when you think he's ready.
 
Our insurance requires 5 hours in type, I feel good about endorsing most of them at that point. One took almost 20 though.
 
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