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Old July 22nd 08, 09:34 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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Robert M. Gary wrote:

All it takes is a little turb that causes you to lose a couple of feet
and you've busted the checkride.


Agreed.

But there's "a little turb" and there's hundreds of feet of cushion
above the MDA.

It's a matter of degree and circumstance.

Adding some turbulence protection on a gusty day would be prudent, as
would a mention of you doing so on purpose.

If you were 200 or more feet high on a decent day, the DE's I know would
probably compare it to your other approaches, and possibly let you
take another shot at one high approach. Most of them will allow a redo
on a mistake, if the mistake is to the safe side. Do it on all of them,
and you'll fail.

Remember the PTS has standards:

Non-precision = +100/-0 @ MDA
Precision = 3/4 scale deflection of either needle @ MDA