Willie wrote:
Here is a question for you DPE's and Instructors to weigh in on.

the DPE instructed the student to cross the
IP and as he did so he instructed the student to open the dive brakes
(SGS-233) fully and then announced to the student "Stuck Spoilers".


I say the check ride went wrong right there. In my opinion the
airbrake stuck open emergency should only be introduced at the time the
student/applicant conducts the airbrake check. I teach the airbrake
check to happen on down wind at which time the runway is selected and
the landing should be assured with any amount of airbrake. If you use
"IP" to mean the point at which the 45 deg to downwind leg begins that
is far too early to introduce a simulated stuck open airbrake failure.

The is no requirement to land on the same runway you took off from with
or without an emergency. The only requirement with an control failure
is to get down safe.

Andy (CFI not DPE)