tscottme wrote:

Our flight school CFIIs strongly suggested you bring your FAR/AIM to the
oral and the ride. Look up any of the "trivia" you aren't sure about.


That's always been suggested to me as well.

On my PP oral, I couldn't answer one question, but I stated I could find
the answer in the AIM. The DE liked that answer, and as a question not
related to what we were doing (scuba diver flying), didn't actually have
me look it up.

However, if the answer to more than couple of questions, especially
related to the plan at hand, is "I can look that up", things may not go
so well. G

On another note, during a flight test I've been asked for information
that could be easily found in the AF/D (he actually stated that it would
be in the AF/D to obfuscate). "I'll look it up right now" was actually
a less correct answer on two occasions.

On the first, it was something directly related to our actual flight,
which I had noted on the planning information on my kneeboard. (good on
that!) On the second, the DE wanted info that we didn't need at all,
but he asked while #2 on long final to a towered airport. The correct
answer this time was that I could get it for him AFTER we land. (check!
G)

I also had my AF/D clipped so it automatically opened to the pages that
would be applicable to our trip. I still do that, it wasn't for show.