On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 02:30:39 GMT, "Richard Kaplan"
wrote:




"Roy Smith" wrote in message
...

I seem to remember there used to be wording to the effect that an
ICC/IPC needed to include a "representative sample" of the PTS checkride
tasks. I can't remember if that was in the PTS itself or part 61/91

That wording is in 61.57(d). If the PTS is advisory and not binding, then
the CFII's discretion will not have been significantly hampered.


The current FAR 61,57(d) was last revised in 1997. The change 2 of
the current PTS became effective in March 1999. AFS 640, the branch
of the FAA that sets training policy, told me during the last examiner
recertification seminar that the PTS is binding, and the task table
provided within sets the minimum areas of operation required to
complete an IPC. The term "representative tasks" are not at the
descretion of the CFI, but are the tasks already set out and dictated
by the task table. Nothing has changed with the upcomming change of
the task table except that the tasks have been reduced, not increased.

Don't take my word for it, call Oak City if you like, but don't hide
your head in the sand and say it isn't so out of wishful thinking. To
say that a Practical test STANDARD is not binding is laughable. Read
the top of the current task table. It specifically states which tasks
are required and MUST be tested during an IPC. You just never read it
before.