Rental Checkride?

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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Dallas wrote:

Is this a little stiff or is it the normal practice?


It's more normal than not, in my experience.

On past sightseeing trips in places I don't go to often, I've just
brought the CFI with us, skipping the formal checkride.




Wise anyway. When I was a kid, one of the CFIs at the place I was
working gave one of his buds who had been flying a 727 for a living
fly a rental cherokee after only a couple of minutes checkout.
half an hour later, a 110 knot approach and touchdown rendered a
brand new cherokee environmentally friendly.


Bertie

How bad did he screw it up?


He porpoised and bent the nosewheel up into the belly. Firewall, engine
mount, sudden stoppage..

He was in and out of the office for a couple of weeks and he admonished
me to stop snickering at him every time he came in..


Bertie