Multi-Engine Rating in Los Angeles
Add twin-engine privileges and the multi-engine time airlines want. Earn your Multi-Engine Rating in Los Angeles with Flight School LA as a fast, focused add-on to your certificate.
Why a Multi-Engine Rating Matters
A Multi-Engine Rating in Los Angeles is one of the smartest investments a career-track pilot can make. It lets you act as pilot in command of airplanes with more than one engine, and just as importantly, it builds the multi-engine time that airlines and operators weigh heavily when hiring. Flight School LA has been training Southern California pilots from Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) for more than 15 years, and our multi-engine program is built to be efficient and checkride-ready.
Twin-engine flying introduces new skills: managing two powerplants, understanding asymmetric thrust, and handling an engine failure with control and confidence. These are the competencies that mark a professional pilot and that hiring boards want to see logged in your book.
Twin Time for Hiring
Multi-engine hours are highly valued by airlines and operators. This rating starts the clock on building them.
Fly More Capable Aircraft
Command faster, higher-performance twins with the redundancy of a second engine.
Professional Edge
Engine-out management and systems knowledge that set serious career pilots apart.
Requirements
The Multi-Engine Rating is an add-on, so the prerequisites are straightforward. There is no separate written exam for the add-on rating, which is part of what makes it such an efficient credential to earn.
- Hold at least a Private Pilot Certificate (airplane single-engine).
- Be able to read, speak, write, and understand English.
- Hold a current FAA medical certificate appropriate to your privileges.
- Receive ground and flight training on multi-engine aerodynamics, systems, and engine-out procedures.
- Earn an instructor endorsement to test.
- Pass the FAA multi-engine practical test (checkride). No additional written exam is required for the add-on rating.
Multi-Engine Curriculum
Our multi-engine curriculum is concentrated and hands-on. You will spend time on the systems and aerodynamics unique to twins, then quickly move into the aircraft to fly the maneuvers your checkride requires.
Systems & Aerodynamics
Multi-engine performance, V-speeds, critical engine, and the aerodynamics behind asymmetric thrust.
Engine-Out Procedures
Identify, verify, and feather. Master single-engine control, drift-down, and engine-out approaches and landings.
Maneuvers & Takeoffs
Steep turns, slow flight, stalls, and normal, short-field, and engine-failure takeoff and landing scenarios.
Checkride Prep
A focused mock checkride and oral review so you finish quickly and confidently.
Aircraft: Twin-Engine Diamond
You will train in a twin-engine Diamond aircraft, a modern, efficient platform that is ideal for multi-engine instruction. Its handling, glass avionics, and predictable engine-out characteristics make it an excellent airplane to learn twin operations and prepare for your checkride.
- Twin-engine Diamond aircraft with modern glass avionics.
- Stable, predictable engine-out behavior ideal for training.
- Maintained to FAA standards and inspected on schedule.
Multi-Engine Rating Pricing
One of the most cost-effective ratings you can add. Transparent pricing with financing available.
A Fast Add-On Rating
Because there is no separate written exam and the syllabus is concentrated, most students complete the Multi-Engine Rating in just a few days to a couple of weeks. With our seven-day-a-week availability from 9 AM to 9 PM, you can knock it out on a focused schedule or fit it around work.
Accelerated
Finish in just a few days of intensive flying for students who can commit full time.
Standard
One to two weeks at a relaxed pace of several flights spread across the week.
Flexible
Evenings and weekends to fit your schedule, available seven days a week.
Continue Your Training
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Ready to Add Twin-Engine Privileges?
Build the multi-engine time the airlines want with the Los Angeles team pilots have trusted for 15+ years. Book a discovery flight or a free consultation today.