c172captain
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Was thinking that maybe I might invest in my MEI. How busy are you guys who have it and where are you at?
It was harder for me to justify the II. II only helps the employer, MEI is all about you.
Still though, it is an easy ride and a small investment. It was harder for me to justify the II. II only helps the employer, MEI is all about you.
The thing about the CFII is that it kept me from losing my sanity. I liked primary, but after about 500 hrs dual it was very refreshing to teach something else besides how to land and do stalls. Also, the -II instruction keeps you fresh on IFR knowledge, and you become more proficient with ATC and the IFR system. This becomes invaluable as you move on to other pilot positions.
Was thinking that maybe I might invest in my MEI. How busy are you guys who have it and where are you at?
I now have about 100 hours dual given in multis in about 14 months of CFI-ing. So it was well worth it. Our school is a bit of an oddball, though-our main complex airplanes (therefore, the ones we do our initial commercial and initial CFI rides in) are our multi trainers. So every student that does commercial flies the multi, therefore every instructor that instructs commercial flies the multi, therefore lots of dual flown in the multi.
The thing about the CFII is that it kept me from losing my sanity. I liked primary, but after about 500 hrs dual it was very refreshing to teach something else besides how to land and do stalls. Also, the -II instruction keeps you fresh on IFR knowledge, and you become more proficient with ATC and the IFR system. This becomes invaluable as you move on to other pilot positions.
It was also the easiest rating I ever did... I did about two rides with one of my CFII friends and did the checkride. Plus my boss paid for everything except the checkride.
I have been teaching for about a year at a flightschool in Addison, TX. The only complex aircraft we have at my school is the Duchess. About 4 or 5 months ago I was down to 1 student so I invested in the MEI training. Lucky for me we did not have any fulltime MEI's, so when I passed the checkride I picked up a bunch of students waiting around to start commercial training. Since early September I have signed off 8 students and logged around 250hr of multi in the process. We have a mix of Indian and American students right now, and supposedly we are getting more Indian students next month. If you can work somewhere that trains international students you would probably do well by getting the MEI.
Good Luck
do you have 8 325's on your schedule, because 200 in a semester is pretty tough. i think the most i have done in a semester was like 170ish.At the University of North Dakota, I have gotten well over 100 hours of multi time since August, and I wasn't even that busy with multi students! This next semester, I am hoping for over 200. Plus, UND was in desparate need of MEI's due to foreign students, so they paid for my MEI, so it was definitely worth it!