On Jan 5, 8:31 am, Dallas wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:54:16 +1100, dVaridel wrote:
As the PIC you aren't allowed below 500' (unless taking off, landing,
training for a rating or crashing), and you have shown poor judgement in
allowing your "passenger" to goad you into low flying.

I don't know how they do it in Oz, but up here you get to pick your own
examiner. These people derive reasonable income from their exam fees.

If an examiner gets a reputation for being too tough (or being too much of
a dick), the word gets out and nobody uses them.

Pilot examiners have to walk a fine line between being desirable to flight
schools and tough enough to filter out candidates that are not qualified.


When I did my PPL flight test I had a run through with the examiner
who was an "A" Cat who owned the other flying school.
He continued the forced landing exercise right down to the deck to see
if I'd get in.
Take up gliding folks, you get pretty good at forced landings :-)
The actual flight test was a breeze