"John R. Copeland" wrote in
:

I've concluded they are two separate items. That's to say:
(a) I may navigate IFR with an expired CNX80 database if I verify its
data, but (b) I may not use an expired database on a flight test.
I can live with that dichotomy.

Any similarity between checkrides and the real world is merely an
illusion. For a checkride, do what you have to do to make the examiner
happy. In the real world, do what you have to do to remain safe and
legal. They aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, but they certainly
are not the same.

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Regards,

Stan

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." B. Franklin