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Old 04-07-2006, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Imeneo
Sorry to hijack the thread, but Do3r17 brought up an interesting point... Is it possible to get an MEI rather than a CFII or must you get a CFII before you can even consider getting an MEI. Logic dictates that you can just build all your instruction flying time on a multi-engine aircraft rather than getting a CFII and then getting an MEI. But I guess it's not that simple?
You can get ANY instructor rating first, and get the others in any order. You could get the MEI first. However...some FSDOs get weird about folks who want to get a rating other than CFI (ASE) first. Other FSDOs are fine with it, in fact at some schools it's common to get the CFII first, because the scope is a little narrower and it's more cut and dried.

Unless you have a MEI job lined up, you might find one those hard to come by. It's typical for junior CFI's to do CFI work first, then CFII, then finally advance to MEI near the end of their instructor career. MEI work is inherently hazardous.


Also if you get the CFII first, some schools will use you as a sim instructor first.
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