On Oct 11, 12:31 pm, "BDS" wrote:
"Le Chaud Lapin" wrote

As I mentioned, I was sitting in lobby of flight school one day,
toward the end of ground school class, and there were 7-8 students
cramming for their final and to take FAA KT. We were talking about
what we think we should know, and one of the students hintet that
understanding was not really important.

Anyone who thinks that will be in for a surprise when they take the oral
portion of the practical test, if they get that far. Good instructors will
be checking their students' comprehension of the required knowledge on a
continuing basis as flight lessons progress. I doubt that you would get a
signoff for your practical from an instructor who suspected that you were
only at the rote learning level.

That brings me to next question:

How difficult is the oral part?. Time is limited so obviously they
cannot ask every thing. Is it possible for a student to slip by on the
oral portion and just do well on practical and still pass?

Also, can FAA examiners act as instructors simultaneously or is there
a rule forbidding it?

-Le Chaud Lapin-