Engine shutdown on MEP renewal

[Timothy]

In another thread Distaff_BeanCounter mentioned that (s)he (presumbly she, hence the distaff bit?) is routinely asked to feather an engine on the MEP renewal.

I do the combined MEP/IR renewal and have never been asked to actually feather. AFAIR I have only feathered:

1) On initial Group B (MEP for the youngsters)
2) For real
3) On 1179s
4) On CofA test flights

I certainly never did an actual shutdown on Company Base Checks.

So, is my MEP/IRE missing a trick, am I supposed to do a full shutdown on MEP, or is someone taking DBC a little further than required (not that that's a bad thing!) ?

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