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Originally Posted by Swen  Why the instrument approaches? Did you not have your instrument yet? |
No, I have my instrument rating, but I still had to do an engine failure under the hood and a single engine approach in a twin, as per the multi-engine PTS. Now that I think about it, I probably didn't technically need to do an approach with both engines operating...maybe that's just something unique to what that examiner wants. I dunno...I didn't really think about it at the time.
I have a friend who was tight on money and wanted a multi-engine rating, but didn't want to spend the extra money to get instrument current and proficient (he didn't intend to fly professionally). He only did the VFR maneuvers on his multi commercial add-on checkride and I believe his certificate says something to the effect of being "Limited to VFR only" in a twin, although he has a commercial SEL certificate and instrument privileges in a single.
All sorts of weird combinations of privileges out there!