Originally Posted by
mad_jock
To be able to become a CRI on MEP which is required to be an instrument instructor on them I would have to build 30 hours PIC time on MEP which is over 10 grand. So for anyone wanting to go down your route its getting on for 20k in ratings and hour building for a commercial pilot with over 5000 hours commercial flying.
For a FI who has come to the conclusion that they will never fly airlines or it just doesn't interest them your talking 40k for building 110-150 (depends on how many hours you can claim with your IR training) hours in a IFR single, 30 hours in a twin (IFR and PIC), CRI MEP, IRI. If you don't already have a FI that's another 7k. You would be virtually unemployable if you just tried to go straight to IRI, CRI MEP without commercial experience just by hour building.
If I were a holder of the FAA CPL, IR and MEP, would I be allowed to hour build in FAA-land?