About the Author
Tomislav Tolj Egui is an experienced CFI, CFII and MEI. For him, everything started back in Venezuela, when he signed up for private pilot ground lessons when his other friends were studying in the University. No one believed that he was going to become a private pilot one day. At the end of the ground training (normally 6 months), he was told by the flight school that there was no fuel to fly the airplanes. Tomislav's parents made the decision of flying him to Miami in order to become a pilot.
Always with a passion to teach and share knowledge to others, he decided to follow that path and became a CFI after getting Private, Instruments and Commercial certificates. In order to support his dad in economic ways, he decided to start working at Dolphin mall in sales and at a restaurant in Kendall to pay for his training as a CFII, multi add-on and eventually the MEI certificate. That's where he developed a passion for sales and the initiative of learning something new every single day about successful businesses.
Sharing the knowledge, experiences and stories about aviation are just three of the many things that he likes to do with his students. Reading and studying are the fundamental habits for every pilot and Tomislav wanted that to happen for his future students. That's when he decided to write his first book called "The Flight Log of a CFI" and the main reason why he is writing down this complete, concrete, and concise multi-engine book.
Currently Mr. Tolj is working as a Captain on the PC12 for Boutique Air and pursuing the goal of building his own airline. He is a Gold Seal CFI, now pursuing the goal of becoming a Master CFI.
Introduction
As a multi-engine pilot (eventually an instructor) I have had some trouble; and by "some trouble" I mean A LOT of trouble. Flying multi-engine airplanes is really easy and fun. This, of course, will only apply if you are a great pilot on the ground. It involves hitting the books from time to time and sometimes it could be difficult to find a great multi-engine flying handbook or manual. Depending on what type of student you are, you might need several books and several grounds, or simply the regular material out there (FAA handbooks, Airman certification standards (ACS), or even the guides or videos on the web). These, by the way, help me out for my MEI. It's better to keep things simple.
The reason why I started my multi engine training was specifically to teach multi-engine students. Once you "test" two engines, you don't want to stick with one.. That is what happened to me. Starting the multiengine training brought me problems not only financially but also work-related problems.
Now, I am writing to you in simple terms everything that I know about multi-engine training.. This concrete, concise, and complete guide will help you to achieve a successful result in your Multiengine add-on or Commercial Multi Engine (initial)... or even private pilot multi. I tried my best in order to give you only the best and the necessary material. Please, always check FAA handbooks and ACS to refer to the most current information (the FAA keeps updating them often).
Whenever I search for the word multiengine flying or multiengine books, I would find books from the most famous publishing companies (ASA and FAA). However, the individual pilots/writers have embarked on this enjoyable trip of writing what they know and what they have learned.
Enjoy it, feel free to contact me or the publishing company for any error, alteration or disagreement. In the end, if all the real pilots share their knowledge, we can make aviation a better and safer world.