Assuming that you don't actually have every reg and recommended
procuedure memorized, you may find yourself one day encountering some
sort of question about how to do something that you have long since
forgotten, or never knew in the first place.

The DE may want to make sure that if you encountered some strange
notation on an approach chart, for example, you would be able to navigate
your way through the FAR/AIM instead of posting a public opinion poll on
a newsgroup.

Bring the freakin' book - even if it is your 2000 edition from your
private. As big as it is, it doesn't cost more than a few extra shoulder
muscles to have it with you.



Wizard of Draws wrote in
news:BCC0447A.E18F%jeffbREMOVE@REMOVEwizardofdraws .com:

On 5/5/04 10:11 PM, in article z9hmc.12056$k24.7196@fed1read01, "BTIZ"
wrote:

well... lets see... you must take your oral's differently than we do,
FAR/AIM, POH, Aircraft Logs, Weather charts, and weather reference
material.

More than one DE has always asked the stumper question... just to see
if you know how to look something up.

BT


Probably a good deal of it is that my flight school has a very good
idea of what the DE wants to see and what info he's likely to ask. 90%
of my private oral seemed to come from the ASA prep book and the rest
were questions that my instructor and I had prepped for.

I fail to see the reasoning behind demonstrating my FAR/AIM research
skills, as it pertains to my ability to fly safely. I see that it is
recommended to bring the book to the ride, but since I've had no need
to crack open the thing in my last 4 years of flying, I don't see the
point. I think a DE should test the real world, not abstract FAA mumbo
jumbo.