Trends in flight instruction

charlie1017

charlie1017

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I'm debating whether or not to get my MEI, but it seems that -at least where I fly- airplane owners are moving more towards high performance singles (Cirrus etc) vs multi-engine airplanes.
Is this a nationwide trend? Is it worth getting the MEI even when the potential student base seems to be shrinking?
 
charlie1017 said:
I'm debating whether or not to get my MEI, but it seems that -at least where I fly- airplane owners are moving more towards high performance singles (Cirrus etc) vs multi-engine airplanes.
Is this a nationwide trend? Is it worth getting the MEI even when the potential student base seems to be shrinking?
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I would get it if you can afford it. You just never know when the opportunity is going to pop up. Just recently I have had a couple offers to fly a Baron and a 414. We will see if they work out but it would have never happened without the MEI.
 
charlie1017 said:
I'm debating whether or not to get my MEI, but it seems that -at least where I fly- airplane owners are moving more towards high performance singles (Cirrus etc) vs multi-engine airplanes.
Is this a nationwide trend? Is it worth getting the MEI even when the potential student base seems to be shrinking?
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depends on what your goals are.

but to answer your question, i'd have to agree the trend has been more towards higher performance than multi.
 
As been said, it depends on your life goals.

If you want to fly multi, you better build the multi.

But if you want to build dollars in something like a Pilatus then obiously multi time isn't the largest factor there.
 
I got my MEI over three years ago and have never used it. Have always looked for the opportunity, but haven't found it as of yet. But it is a check-off on applications though.
 
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