Advantage of training on old MEP
Hello,
Anyone can notice that most schools are switching to modern Diamond Aircraft for their professional training, up to the DA42.
Previously, people used to fly on what I will call "old MEP" aircraft, that is to say be58, pa30, pa44, pa34, or even c310...
Some schools choose to train their cadets on old MEP aircraft. For example, the French ENAC voluntarily keeps many Beech Baron 58 for their national students. Which is very expensive (I'm told they cost anywhere between 800 and 1k per hour)
I am wondering what the advantages of this expensive choice would be. I'm convinced that there are many but not sure exactly which and maybe missing some of them so hence my question.
Will our skills as a pilot be better if trained with a Baron than compared with a DA42 ? If so, which, why, and by how much ?
Would you say it is worth the extra cost ? I'm told the CPL ME IR (in a private school) would go up 15k, from 35k to 50k. (By the way, which is basically the price of a CPL ME IR at L3)
Note : these aircraft can have (or not) EFIS instrumentation, contrarily to the DA42 which is all G1000.
After having flown both EFIS and analog I'm pretty convinced that analog instrumentation can be very unprecise so it's harder to fly. Plus it requires more attention, for instance in an NDB approach where the RMI indication cannot be shown directly on the HSI.
A simple eADI and eHSI can solve this problem.
Thank you