On Apr 29, 10:39*pm, wrote:
Once in a
gider he popped open the airbrakes and then said "hey, what does this
do"

Seriously?! I've only had two lessons, but I know those things stay
closed and locked until the PIC deems them appropriate in a landing
pattern!

Actually, I've seen some reports on the web that when doing the
preflight one should consider the Examiner a "unfamiliar passenger"
and give her or him some form of "don't touch this...don't touch that"
talk. Is this good advice?

--Michael