Originally Posted by Bashibazouk

I'm new here, and perhaps this questions has been asked before, but...

Why do employers and insurance companies make such a big deal about multiengine time? I have only 70 hrs of multi time, out of 1100 hrs TT, and just don't get it.

Aside from the training for my multi rating , and the occasional recurrent training since, the engines have both been operating...and probably will be for the next several thousand hours. So it's not about the ability to handle an engine failure.

Is "multiengine time" a pseudonym for "time in heaver, complex airplanes?" Or is it assumed that twins are more "serious airplanes" than "little airplanes" like C172s and that time in twins is therefore probably more representative of what employers will pay me to do?

Like I said, I only have 70 hrs in twins (DA42s) so perhaps I will understand as I gain more experience, but for now, a twin seems just like a single with twice the probability of an engine failure or generator failure. I have noticed no major difference between the DA42 and a complex single...except it takes longer to start it.

Thanks