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"Dudley Henriques" wrote:
Your following comment, "A competent, conscientious examiner digs on rote answers to determine the comprehension level behind them." is inconsistent with my experience, and in fact is antithesis to the DE's legal requirement to pass or fail on a minimum standard demonstrated by the examinee. This being said, there most surely are DE's out here who do as you suggest, but they are in no way required to do this and in doing so, do so to satisfy no current FAA requirement for certification. If a DE is not legally required to get anything beyond a rote answer from an applicant: (a) why require an oral exam? If all that is required is an accurate rote answer, the knowledge (written) test satisfies that; and (b) why would it be necessary for someone with the qualifications of a *DE* conduct the oral exam? Nearly ANYONE is capable of asking questions that merely require only a rote answer. What would be the point of that kind of oral exam? I understand what you're saying about meeting the "minimum standard" ... but there's obviously some discretion and responsibility within the "standards" framework given to the DE to satisfy him/herself that rote answers are backed up with some degree of understanding to meet that standard. That said, has an applicant ever failed an oral exam after giving the correct rote answer if he couldn't explain it further if he were questioned in more depth? Would this be legal? Sounds to me like you're saying (above) that in your experience, examiners don't generally go beyond just hearing the "right" answer. |
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