Originally Posted by
mcis987
I recently graduated from a large state school with an aviation program (I got my BS in another field). I was a part-time instructor for 1.5 years with a CFI/CFII/MEI, and I was able to get about 500 hours of flight time (33 ME, all of wich I paid for) by graduation. I don't have more hours mainly because I was so busy with my degree. However, I have been noticing that a lot of other students (from different universities, I'm assuming) are graduating with maybe around 100 or greater hours of ME time. How common is it for you folks to get multi-engine students at your schools in any short (< 1 year) period of time? I know that even if you have worked at my uiversity for 1.5 years as a part-timer, you MUST work as a FULL-timer for at least 1 year. Even still, I know people who have been working there for 2+ years as full-timers, but they are not given any ME students. I was just kind of curious if that was the norm at other universities as well or if our CP just refused to give people ME students.
Thanks!
Did you go to a school down south, say west of Georgia but east of Mississippi?
I never got my MEI, it wasn't worth spending the money if you had to play footsies with the Chief CFI at my college. But I think its funny about the "fear" of twin engine airplanes because my friends that went to All ATP had no fear with twins. It was a 172 to them, especially back after 9/11 and before the hiring boom got going these guys were getting up to 1000 MEI and then being let go to make room for the CFIs in waiting. Its all relative I guess.