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Rusty & Student Pilots / Re: MEI as initial
« on: January 29, 2016, 12:19:18 PM »I'm 99% sure you can do it with a DPE.
Not sure if its an option you get to choose.
I think it depends a lot on FAA inspectors qualifications and availability. I would have done my Helicopter Instructor with a DPE as he was the only Bell 47 qualified DPE/Inspector in all of the Birmingham district, for example.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable knows for certain about how or why.
You need to contact your local FSDO and ask them.