Misadventures in Studentpilotism

After beginning this multi-engine rating course last August, I’ve finally taken one giant leap in completing it. This morning I met with one of the charter pilots for the University and spent an incredibly informative two hours passing my oral check. Rather than hold me over the coals and accept those typical, canned check ride answers he made it a point to force me to think and answer honestly. I actually felt confident going into this: a feat I’ve rarely accomplished on any other oral check. Flight planning was a weight and balance shift with emphasis on fuel burn changing the CG location and how to prepare for that. From there, aerodynamics with a big hit on Vmc and all associated situations segued to systems for another 45 minutes. Nothing nit-picky, all very straight-forward and overall it beared the hallmark of any good checkride: I actually learned something from the whole experience.

Now I’ve gotta get back to practicing flows on my couch and flying approaches in my desk chair like all normal people. I mean pilots.

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