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Old 11th Apr 2016, 09:57
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Is MEP Rating req. for an EASA B737 Pilot?

I am currently a 737 driver in an EASA state with an EASA CPL(A) incl. SEP, MEP(IR) rating. As my MEP rating is close to expiration my question would be if I can continue operating on a private basis Multi Pistons, keeping in mind that I am current on a Multi Engine Jet aircraft or should I renew my MEP rating? Regards.
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MEP is a class rating so you need it to operate any aircraft in that class.
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Why would you think that a B737 type rating would be valid on anything other than a B737?
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No is the answer, you can't fly an MEP without an MEP rating.

Just because you fly a jet it does not follow that you will retain the quite different set of skills that are required to fly an MEP.

I say this as someone who hold a current SEP, MEP, B737 & A320 ratings.
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Ooh, maybe I might be allowed to fly a 737 with just an MEP rating, hadn't thought of that...
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I'm not sure that the cafetière in the galley, which may be the only piston* on a B737, really counts.





*Well, there are the brakes as well I suppose.
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Should I be disturbed that someone can get to drive a people tube without knowing the fundamentals of the licence they hold.....
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Ooh, maybe I might be allowed to fly a 737 with just an MEP rating, hadn't thought of that...
You may, if the 737 was changed to pistons? ;-) ...
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I wonder if a couple of Wright R-3350 Cyclones would do it. Tip clearance might be a problem...
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The thought of my FO's dealing with MP, prop RPM, mixture control and using the occiliscope to find if the plug out on cylinder 6 is on the right or left mag is not an appealing one. For that you need a flight engineer !

It's a bit like asking him to fly a PAR, however these people have an encyclopaedic knowlage of the FMC........... After all that flys the aircraft, or so they tell me.
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Don't let a piece of paper stand in your way. The fact that it is EASA paper is very good in itself. You'll be fine.

Off you go, flying is flying, innit.
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Old 12th Apr 2016, 22:32
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Originally Posted by A and C
It's a bit like asking him to fly a PAR
"Radar vectoring to ILS..."
"Sorry, we're not equipped for ILS"
"Roger, in that case I can offer you a PAR"
"Sorry, we're not equipped for PAR either..."

It's happened.
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Well I see that the OP has received the usual baptism of fire for a first post.
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