Should I bother?
10-04-2015, 11:50 PM
#11
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,193
Don't get hung up on the details.... Centerline thrust, whatever.
Get the certificates, all of them as fast and as cheaply as possible. Everyone knows you can fly. What you need are boxes checked on your application to get seen sooner. Go through that app, start filling in what you can first, then work on others. Don't go overboard and go get a multi engine seaplane rating unless you're into that.... But you get the idea.
Get the certificates, all of them as fast and as cheaply as possible. Everyone knows you can fly. What you need are boxes checked on your application to get seen sooner. Go through that app, start filling in what you can first, then work on others. Don't go overboard and go get a multi engine seaplane rating unless you're into that.... But you get the idea.
10-05-2015, 11:13 AM
#13
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Joined APC: Sep 2014
Position: Guppy FO
Posts: 78
Originally Posted by RhinoBallAuto
E/F is a separate TMS and has entirely different language throughout the NFM. But there are lots of people that would agree with you... myself included.
Maybe "overlooks" was the wrong choice of words, but your point is taken. I meant to say that the restriction on my previous commercial ticket would be overlooked, because as it was explained to me, the local FSDO is satisfied w/ seeing "instructor" and "F/A-18" in order to grant the MEI. But I will continue to dig.
Maybe "overlooks" was the wrong choice of words, but your point is taken. I meant to say that the restriction on my previous commercial ticket would be overlooked, because as it was explained to me, the local FSDO is satisfied w/ seeing "instructor" and "F/A-18" in order to grant the MEI. But I will continue to dig.
Also, if you get your CFII from MilComp as a F-18 IP and you don't do CFI (AMEL) next and choose to add on CFI (ASEL) first, ensure you do it in a complex aircraft. Although the language in the PTS seems clear, the first CFI rating must be done in complex aircraft, this is the FAA and it's not. As luck and FAA policy would have it, CFII MilComp via F-18 doesn't count towards the complex aircraft requirement.
We went round and round with the FAA on that after I helped an F-18 add-on his CFI (ASEL) to his MilComp CFII. We even checked with the DPE first and he concurred with our assessment that it could be done in a non-complex aircraft. Ultimately, he ended up taking another ride with the DPE in a 172-RG to make OKC happy.
The CFI (AMEL) is a pretty easy add-on and I would recommend doing that one first. That will also check the "complex" box. If you didn't grow up getting your commercial via the civilian method, the CFI (ASEL) will take a little longer learning the ASEL commercial maneuvers.
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