On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:46:46 -0000, "Chris" wrote:

Politics and face fitting. There can be a lot of competition for DPE places
in some FSDO areas.............


Yes - I thought a few years back they were going to get the politics
out of the DE selection process and make it authentically competitive,
but I am hearing that this is not the case, at least in many places...