ME add on at GKY

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m77y

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I start my ME add on training at ATP Arlington in 3 weeks and for the most part have the infornmation booklet memorized. Im pretty nervous yet excited about starting the training. From what im reading on here GKY sounds like a top notch school and I cant wait to get down there and do some flying!
 
I did my ME add-on last month @ ATP GKY. If you memorize the first 16 pages of the supp. you'll do fine. Make sure you know the maneuvers and gear down check list down cold, and I mean to the point you can do it w/o thinking. I can't stress that enough. If you do, the course will be easy and your MEI will thank you for it. The checkride was easy, as long as you know the supp. down pat, incl. v-speeds and a/c systems memorized. The staff was great and I am going to return for my MEI when I have the multi hours. PM me if you want more info, etc. Good luck.
 
Thanks for the info. I have pretty much everything memorized but the V speeds but I plan on getting those down later today. How much time did u get in the seminole?
 
I'm going up to GKY Jan 17-20 to get my Multi-Com done. Can't wait to smell me a new Seminole- see you there!
 
I did my ME checkride here in Vegas. The oral was extremely fast, something like 20 mins. The flights ended up being 1.6 and 0.4. I did everything very well up until the engine failure in the pattern. I failed on that part because I actually feathered the prop rather than just simulate, which almost caused the engine to really fail. Lesson learned and the recheck was just 2 or 3 laps in the pattern with an engine failure and a shortfield landing. Like njboeingfan said, as long as you memorize the first 16 pages or so of the supplement, maneuvers, and some of the checklists (cruise, gear down before landing, after take off, engine failure) you shouldn't have any problems getting through the checkride. Just be sure you can thoroughly describe PAST and SMACFUM. Those were the 2 biggest things in my oral. My friend that did his up in Sacramento had to draw out the entire fuel system, and prop governor and label everything on top of the stuff in the first 16 pages of the supplement.

Enjoy the training, there's going to be a lot of stuff happening really fast at first, but keep a good attitude and you'll do great.

Good luck!
 
Well only 1 week until I start training. The nerves are starting to set in. I have the first 16 pages down and the questions in the back of the supp down as well. Still pretty nervous however.
 
Don't worry so much about the questions in the back of the supplement. Have you memorized the maneuvers checklists, flight checklists, and engine out procedures?
 
im still working on them. its been a little tough preparing for a course and check ride for an aircraft ive never flown. ive looked for a POH for the seminole and i cant seen to find one online.
 
Of course it is. For now, follow the training guide(I know the author:): Memorize the first 16 pages of the supplement. Memorize the maneuvers checklist. Memorize the engine out procedures. All that rote memorization can be converted to comprehension easily when you show up. If you don't get the rote first, then you'll lose time when you are in training doing that first step.
 
I always say I teach u something and u r able to repeat it back to me without fully understanding what I am talking about
 
Hi Guys,
I'm considering going for their 4-day ME-COMM special at GKY, and I appreciate your help with a few questions.

1) How long from calling them were you able to select a date for training? Ie. Is there a wait to sequenced in?
2) Please confirm the 4 day course is: Day 1 Ground/Simulator, Day 2 and 3 Four flights, Day 4 Checkride
3) Does the simulator have visuals?

The schedule sounds aggressive... I've only got 320TT and completed all my ratings at the FBO, so if anyone can provide their experience of adapting to the immersion training... I'd really appreciate it!

Thanks!
 
I scheduled my ME add-on about 3 weeks ahead of time. I wanted to do mine during a certain week, and they were able to accommodate me no problem. I went through with one other guy, and I though that was pretty helpful. We were able to help each other out in the sim.
My program was: Day 1= ground and sim, Day 2= sim and flight, Day 3= sim and flight, Day 4= oral exam, we got weathered out for the flight, and did the flight on Day 5.
The sim is a Frasca, the cockpit representation is pretty good. The "outside" is something like a 27" TV running MS flight sim 95. Not great visually, but it's not for sight seeing, it's for running though procedures.
I had about 320hrs going into the program, and I think it's good for what it is. It will get you a multi-com. You won't be a great multi engine pilot at the end of it, but you'll be able to do the checkride pretty well. You may want to build in a bit of flexibility into your travel plans, if there's been a string of bad weather, they'll be playing catch-up with their career students, and although the multi-com folks get some priority since we're not there for very long, between scheduling planes, instructors, and DPE's things can get a little tight.
I liked it enough to do the program this April in JAX.
 
I heard they are busy in Feb but can get on the schedule for March. You want to prepare, but I would get on the schedule ASAP.
 
Thanks usphstnp!

When you mentioned "going thru with another guy" does this mean that instructor put both of you in the Frasca (lesson taught simultaneously)? Did this extend to the airplane as well? or Was that just you and the instructor in a traditional arrangement?

Appreciate the help.
J
 
We just happened to be scheduled for the same week, and we got along pretty well, so we shared an instructor for ground and the sim. We'd right-seat each other in the sim, and the instructor would sit in the back as usual. It was nice to be able to sit back and objectively watch someone else mess up and learn from those mistakes. (It all looks very easy when you're not the one flying.) We didn't have a shortage of planes or instructors when it was time to fly, so we each flew with separate instructors. We flew the 2010 Seminoles, and they are super-nice. It's funny to do a checkride, and the plane doesn't have a 100hr inspection, because it doesn't have 100 hours on it yet!
 
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