Originally Posted by
LostYetAgain
I see that in CAP601 "Multi Engine Piston Aeroplane Class Rating", Flight exercise 3 requires the MEP syllabus to include:
"Demonstrate full feathering drill (engine shut-down) using checklist procedures." followed by a restart:
"Demonstrate un-feather drill using checklist procedures"
I believe the student is also required to fully shut down/feather + unfeather/restart an engine as part of the MEP exam.
In Canada the requirement to do an actual engine shutdown/feather/restart was removed from the ME training requirements after a safety audit showed that this practice contributed to numerous actual engine failures/failed restarts and several accidents.
Since there is no performance difference between setting zero thrust and actually feathering the engine it was deemed that there was no actual training value in the full feather exercise. Similarly the restart procedure is airplane specific and therefor the training in this exercise would only have value if the student never flew any other model of twin.