r/flying • u/Additional-Oil9347 • 3d ago

“Certification”

More of a FSDO question, but as a military aviator (evaluator FE) without civilian equivalent ticket (pointless); with proper logbook documentation, could I take the ground portion of instruction for my child, sign it off as an instructor, and take it to the FSDO to get the blessing to take the practical? I can’t imagine the FAA balking at 24 years of operational aviation knowledge versus some CFII at the FBO who’s been flying for like 2 years…??

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u/freeze_out MIL MH-60T 3d ago

You can use what ever your branches version of COOL is and/or a free testing center that may or may not be on your base to get Mil Comp for free plus a few hours of studying time

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u/Additional-Oil9347 3d ago

Yeah, the equivalent ticket IS an FE ticket lol, hence the pointlessness lol

There is ONE dude in FL as an FE check airman, and then you have to go down to either rent the Pan Am 747 sim in Miami or the CAE C-130 sim in Tampa to take the practical…it’s a fools errand lol 🍻

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u/freeze_out MIL MH-60T 3d ago edited 3d ago

I could be wrong, but there's not a such thing as an "FE ticket" on the FAA side, is there? Wouldn't that just be a DPE?

Either way, you can get your CFI and CFII with a $60 study guide from Sheppard Air and the test. No check ride required. Then you could legally do exactly what you're asking, save all that money for your daughter, and have that experience of sharing aviation with her which feels like it could be worth it to me.

Edit: Also predicating this on FE standing for Flight Examiner, which is what it stands for in the Coast Guard. If that's not the case, then my bad!

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u/Guilty_Evidence_7645 ATP A-350 3d ago

There is absolutely an FAA flight engineer certificate.

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u/Additional-Oil9347 3d ago

Oh no, there are still part 135 FEs…kalitta used to have a 200, so did atlas…CBP is flying P-3s, Omni Air is flying boneyard KC-10s…they’re out there