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.

MEP is a class rating so you need it to operate any aircraft in that class.

Why would you think that a B737 type rating would be valid on anything other than a B737?

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.

Ooh, maybe I might be allowed to fly a 737 with just an MEP rating, hadn't thought of that... :rolleyes:

I'm not sure that the cafetière in the galley, which may be the only piston* on a B737, really counts. :8





*Well, there are the brakes as well I suppose. :ok:

Should I be disturbed that someone can get to drive a people tube without knowing the fundamentals of the licence they hold.....

You may, if the 737 was changed to pistons? ;-) ...

I wonder if a couple of Wright R-3350 Cyclones would do it. Tip clearance might be a problem...

Talkdownman
 

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.

JetSet87

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. :)

"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.

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