Multi Engine
Rating
Description
Flying a multi-engine aircraft presents new challenges to the pilot. A combination of two engines (harder to manage) and drastically higher performance mandate increased requirements & responsibility on the Pilot’s part.
Appropriate training is crucial to being a safe and competent multi-engine aircraft pilot. The multi-engine rating program adds multi-engine privileges to your existing Private or Commercial Pilot Certificate. This course includes all necessary ground and flight instructions required by the Multi-Engine Practical Test Standards.
Having a Multi Engine Rating Training brings along several advantages:
01
Enhanced
Safety
Multi Engine Aircrafts are safer than their single engine counterparts. In the case of engine failure in single engine aircrafts, you are forced to land instantly. Whereas in Multi Engine Aircrafts, you can still fly with the other engine and land at a safe runway.
Easy to
acquire
02
There is no DGCA minimum required time to receive your Multi-Engine Rating. Instructors generally give authorization to take DGCA practicals with ~15 Hours of flying.
03
Increased Job Opportunities
Having a Multi-Engine Rating enables you to fly as pilot-in-command in aircrafts that have more than one engine. This includes many private VIP charter companies, and also those in medicate, tourism, rescue operations and other related sectors.
Enhanced Competitiveness
04
Airlines greatly prefer to hire pilots with a Multi Engine Rating. This reflets in quicker job placement and a higher salary package.
05
great
community
If there was one word used to describe the community at Airline industry: Elegant.
Through work, you get to meet kind and interesting people everyday, providing you with opportunities to make lasting connections.
Greater Satisfaction
06
Multi-Engine Aircrafts are also faster, larger (higher payload and seating capacity), and cooler than the single engine aircrafts. Flying in the former can therefore be more satisfying and provide a better experience.
Eligibility
Educational
Qualification
See Education
Requirements
Below
Physical
Fitness
Class I
Medical
(Indian)
Age
Requirement
18
or Above
Class
Duration
1
Month
Other
Requirements
Certification
DGCA- Ministry of Civil Aviation
Educational Requirements
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Private/Commercial Pilot License
-
Current FRTO and COP/RT/R License
-
Should have passed Pilot’s technical examination (Spedicif) conducted by DGCA
Course Overview
The course covers aerodynamics, systems, and procedures focusing on increasing the safety and proficiency levels of pilots. The students are given Type Rating (TR) and Instrument Rating (IR) on a twin engine aircraft. The course curriculum covers airline oriented training in which students learn to fly the airway routes, instrument approaches and handle simulated emergencies such as engine and system failures.
Future Prospects
Having an Multi-Engine Rating complements all the benefits of doing a PPL and CPL. It also opens horizons to a wide range of employers that significantly prefer Pilots with a Multi-Engine Rating than those with just a single engine CPL, while also providing you with a higher quality of flying ( A far enriching professional career).
